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was re-regulated to highway standard. This set serious restraints on the expansion capacity in the vicinity of Norsk Gjærde- og
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396:"Bra år for NGM Industrier" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 23 May 1979. p. 27.
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364:"Norges ledende gjerdeprodusent, C. Geijer 100 år".
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319:"Oslo-bedrift flytter delvis til Kongsvinger".
381:"Mekanisk verksted fra Oslo til Kongsvinger".
488:(in Norwegian). Eskoleia Stål. Archived from
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323:(in Norwegian). 14 December 1966. p. 12.
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353:(in Norwegian). 15 October 1969. p. 15.
286:"Maskin som laget 700 kvm gjerde om dagen".
250:(in Norwegian). 14 February 1935. p. 4.
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518:Manufacturing companies established in 1910
290:(in Norwegian). 12 October 1954. p. 7.
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462:(in Norwegian). Eskoleia. Archived from
334:"Oslo-fabrikk flytter til Kongsvinger".
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305:(in Norwegian). 24 May 1962. p. 5.
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228:"Norges Vels medalje".
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