Finnsnes 19530117. Northern Norway's first fishing gear factory was placed at Finnsnes in …, 1953...

Finnsnes 19530117. Northern Norway's first fishing gear factory was placed at Finnsnes in Troms. A/S Fishermen's tool factory is the most modern factory that creates the textile side of fishing gear production. The operation started in 1950 with a workforce of 150 women and men, with the women in the majority. The fishermen get everything they need from the company when it comes to the textile -composed part, ie yarn, nuts of different kinds, liner and ropes of all dimensions. Here we see the ties slide down the containers from the tensile machine. In the tensile machine, the hemp is passed by a number of sharp spikes, which combat it so that the fibers are stretched. Photo: Sverre A. Børretzen / Aktuell / NTB