The company was established at Fiskebøl, Norway in 1975, and has since that time been the market leader in the development of today's oil spill recovery. Based on the same technology NorLense also delivers products within inflatable preparedness tents. The frame for this technology was Torstein Hansen's 40 year of experience in the fishing industry and the new offshore boom was based around the purse seine principle. The first prototype was tested in autumn 1974.