Georg Eknes, Norway are top class manufacturer and designer of seats for ships and fast ferries. Georg Eknes Industrier AS, founded in 1952 by Georg Eknes, is a traditional family business.
With more than 60 years of experience, they are known for the excellence in regard complete interior solutions. We work closely with our customers to meet their specific needs and requirements.
Eknes’ products are internationally acclaimed for the excellence of their design, their quality, safety and comfort. The characteristics of the products are low weight to strength ratio, all anodized aluminium construction, no welding connections (which eliminates material cracking), the use of fire retardant materials & attractive design features. The manufacturing range includes standard class, business, and first class seats, which can be tailored to individual requirements – including a unique sleeper seat. All seats surpass material fatigue tests under real conditions, fire testing according to IMO and testing at static and dynamic loads.
Leaders in marine seats world-wide, Georg Eknes also deliver Interactive Entertainment, with their digital TV system, offering the latest movies, video games, and a whole range of pay-per-view features – literally revolutionizing the transit seat experience on-board.