Companies based in Sarpsborg

thumb|Borregaard power station at Sarpsfossen waterfall and factory building in the background.thumb|Celebration of the company's 50th anniversary in 1939. Borregaard is a Norwegian company established in 1889 in the southeastern town of Sarpsborg in Østfold county. Its main products were traditionally pulp and paper. The company later started producing chemicals based on timber as a raw material. After a takeover in 1986, Borregaard was part of the chemical division of the Orkla Group until it was spun off and introduced to the Oslo Stock Exchange in October 2012. It had 1050 employees in 201