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Take a brief look at our long yet exciting history

Our history in brief

Guard is a market-leading provider of industrial automation and system integration solutions in Norway and Sweden. Since 1982 we have been delivering open, scalable and secure solutions that automates and optimizes physical processes for clients across the world.

Our success is built on trust and our ability to deliver. Our high ethical standards and sustainable solutions help us minimize the technological and financial risks for our customers. For us, it’s all about building relationships so that, together, we can achieve our shared goals and ambitions. That’s why we also like a challenge – preferably a complex one. We stick at it until we reach the objective – time after time.

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1982

TS Electro Engineering

The company is established in Sandefjord, Norway by Terje Sørlie with the vision to increase industrial efficiency and productivity through full-range automation supplies and computer-based control systems.

1994

Plant SCADA

TS Electro Engineering brings AVEVA Plant SCADA, formerly known as Citect, to Norway. This forms the beginning of Windows based supervisory control and data acquisition.

1997

Web based reporting

TS Electro Engineering develops its first reporting tool which lays the foundation for web based reporting in the water and waste water industry.

2001

Guard Systems Engineering

The company is established as a spin-off from GS Group in Sandefjord to specialize in industrial automation and communication solutions.

2010

Arendal

Guard System Engineering continues to expand within the Norwegian market and establishes its third branch office in Arendal.

2010

Karl Kristian Sunde

The industrial investor Karl Kristian Sunde sees a great opportunity for data-driven value creation in the automation industry and acquires Guard System Engineering.

2015

Guard Automation

To accelerate growth of the company, Karl Kristian Sunde acquires TS Electro Engineering which is then merged with Guard Systems Engineering to form Guard Automation.

2017

ISO Certification

Guard Automation becomes ISO certified as one of the first independent industrial automation suppliers in Scandinavia.

2019

New CEO & CTO

History repeats itself as Jan-Terje Sørlie is appointed as new CEO & CTO of Guard. The vision is still to increase industrial efficiency and productivity, but now with the aid of data-driven value creation.

2021

Information security

Guard becomes certified according to ISO 27001 as one of the first independent automation suppliers in Scandinavia. This founds the basis for the company’s services within cyber security solutions for operational technology.

2024

Guard acquires LMT Elteknik AB

With the acquisition of LMT Elteknik AB, Guard now encompasses five branch offices and approximately 50 employees in Sweden. This expansion establishes a solid competence platform for industrial automation in Sweden, aiming to replicate the data-driven success experienced in the Norwegian market.

2025

Guard acquires X Automation

Guard continues to strengthen its Nordic presence through the acquisition of X Automation, a Danish automation company with more than 30 years of experience within water, energy, biogas and industry. The acquisition marks an important step in Guard’s strategy to build a connected Nordic competence platform and introduces Guard Cloud and digital services to the Danish market.

2026

Guard acquires Holtec

With HOLTEC.DK becoming part of Guard, the company further strengthens its Nordic competence platform and expands its capacity within industrial automation and critical infrastructure.