IKM history

Boyd moved from the Emerson Apartments in Shadyside in 1917 to a house of his own design on Pioa Road in Edgeworth, Pa.

In 1946 the firm was reorganized as Ingham, Boyd & Pratt when Ingham’s son, Charles S. Ingham, and Thomas C. Pratt joined the partnership.

William Boyd died March 1, 1947.

IKM was founded in 1979 as Bookman Consulting in New York City.

1989 Foundation: Instrumentering Kalibrering og Måleteknisk Laboratorium AS (originally Hydrotech Laboratorium AS), renamed to IKM Laboratorium AS

1992 Established: IKM Testing AS

1994 Established: IKM Engineering & Kompetansesenter AS, IKM Mekaniske AS and IKM Kristiansund AS

1995 Acquisitions: Scana Hydrotech AS and Alfred Paulsen Contracting AS

1996 Acquisitions: IKM Engineering AS (Idavoll AS). Established: Dept. in Bergen for IKM Testing AS and IKM Laboratorium AS

1997 Acquisitions: Gjerseth Elektro Contracting AS, Alltex AS (service dept) and Semco Industri AS. Established: IKM Stillas AS

1998 Acquisitions: Kystbasen Vedlikeholds Senter AS and Subsea Design AS. Established: IKM Testing UK Ltd and IKM Testing Asia Pte.

1999 Acquisitions: Visman AS and IKM Offshore Development AS (Offshore Development AS). IKM Mekaniske AS invests in new workshop in Jåttåvågen

2000 Established: IKM Testing Canada Ltd. and Wellcon AS (34%)

2001 Established: IKM Kran og Løfteteknikk AS

2002 Acquisitions: Everclean International AS, Odim Hitecs dept. for Industrial-automation, Hitec Instrument (80%) and ACGS Pte.

2003 Established: IKM Service AS and Merlin Subsea AS. Merger: IKM Stillas AS and IKM Visman AS merge with KAEFER Maritim AS. Change of name: KAEFER IKM AS. Share purchase: 23,29% of Rosenberg Verft AS

In 2004, IKM introduced the TestBuild product enabling clients to create custom assessments from IKM assessments by combining subtopics from multiple assessments into one test that met the client’s specific job description.

2005 Established: IKM Valves AS. Demerger: IKM Elektro AS demerges from IKM Gjerseth Elektro AS, which in turn changes name to IKM Automasjon AS. Acquisitions: IKM Mekaniske Kristiansund AS (Noomas Offshore AS)

2007 Acquisition: Subsea Management Systems merged with IKM Consultants AS (Offshore Development AS), IKM Testing dept.

2009 Acquisition: Moland Mekaniske AS. Established: IKM Subsea AS, IKM Operations AS, IKM Maskinering AS (merger of IKM Larsen & Mortensen AS, IKM Årdal Mekaniske AS and Moland Mekaniske AS)

In 2012, IKM introduced a simpler authoring tool (QwikWrite) for clients to create linear tests and easily convert paper-based tests to an electronic delivery and scoring platform.

2014 Acquisitions: Oiltools AS (100%), Pressure Control AS (70%), Hymek Services AS (90%) Sales: IKM Valves AS Demergers: IKM Mekaniske demergers the dept. at Nærbø Established: IKM Oiltools AS, IKM Pressure Control AS and IKM Hydraulic Services AS, IKM Stainless Technology AS, IKM Consultants UK