23.11.2005

Kurt Ospeth to leave Bautas

Kurt Ospeth, managing director of Bautas, Norway’s largest rental company, owned by Ramirent, is leaving at the end of December to take up a post with Norwegian construction group, BackeGruppen..

Ospeth has led Bautas since it was set up as a separate rental business within Veidekke ASA, in 1997. Veideke was Norway’s largest construction company at the time.

Ramirent acquired Bautas from Veideke in August 2002, and kept Ospeth on to run, what was effectively Ramirent Norway.
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Eivind Bøe will take over at Bautas in January

He will be replaced by Eivind Bøe, 39, who joins the company from Siemens Security Systems who officially takes over on January first 2006. Prior to joining Siemens, Bøe worked with Altima Norway, a major Scandinavian rental company that was acquired by Ramirent in 2004.