
About company
IMS was founded in 1978. In 1981 the company became a private limited company. In the early years, the company produced footbridges, large boilers and tanks for the process industry. After buying the rights to the production of watertight doors from Golar Metall in 1986, the company’s Florida office was opened in order to gain access to the US market. IMS is the world’s leading manufacturer of sliding, watertight doors for ships and the offshore industry. All engineering, and most manufacturing, is carried out in Norway. This is split between the company’s mechanical engineering department at Akland and the automation department in Risør. They also have a sales office here in Florida which manufactures specially for the US market. IMS has a subsidiary in Germany, as well as a worldwide network of agents.