Our story
Gexcon (an acronym for Global explosion consultants) was founded in 1987 as a consulting brand of Christian Michelsen Institute. In 1998, Gexcon was established as a company providing advanced safety engineering software, consulting and fire and explosion testing services.
Since then, we have grown into a comprehensive process safety solutions provider, supporting our clients through:
- Advanced engineering software
- Expert consulting services
- Fire and explosion testing services
- Courses and training
For over five decades, Gexcon has led the way in industrial safety, working with global industry leaders to de-risk their operations through our unique combination of technical expertise, advanced software, and comprehensive testing capabilities. Our integrated approach enables us to address complex safety challenges effectively, delivering reliable, validated solutions across the energy, chemical, manufacturing, and research sectors.
Gexcon has investigated many high-profile accidents, such as Buncefield, Piper Alpha, TWA 800, and the P-36 platform (Brazil). Having been the driving force behind extensive research on gas and dust explosion phenomena, our in-depth knowledge positions us to provide tangible safety enhancements globally.
From research projects to tailored safety solutions, our commitment and dedication make us proficient in hazard identification and risk understanding, providing our clients with peace of mind and long-term sustainability.
How we work
Working with Gexcon gives you access to world-class expertise that helps meet safety requirements through verified, practical solutions that protect both lives and bottom lines. Our experience in de-risking operations and validating safety approaches consistently meets the highest standards of industrial safety.
As a trusted safety partner, we apply deep technical knowledge and practical implementation experience to protect human life and valuable assets. Our rigorous analysis and testing, gives our customers full confidence that their safety measures are not just compliant, but truly fit-for-purpose. This assurance is especially valuable as organisations work to meet evolving regulatory requirements and implement new technologies.
Our scientific expertise comes from long-term collaboration with leading research institutions and our work developing industry-standard safety protocols. This background allows us to help clients across Oil & Gas, Energy, Chemical, Manufacturing, and wider sectors manage their operational risks effectively while meeting regulatory requirements.
We have specialist expertise in validating safety approaches for complex operations and energy transition projects where the stakes are highest. Our strength lies in providing practical, validated solutions backed by decades of research and field experience. Through our proprietary technologies and methodologies, we offer levels of assurance that support critical decision-making. This helps our clients proceed confidently with essential projects while maintaining high safety standards and controlling costs.
How we can help youOur value proposition
We solve your process safety and risk management challenges with an expert-led approach in managing dispersions, fires and explosions.
We safeguard people, critical assets and the environment.
Technical excellence
Our X-Suite tools provide advanced modelling and simulation capabilities that generate data-driven insights for safety decisions and risk mitigation strategies. This leads to safety system designs that are both effective and cost-efficient.
Regulatory expertise
Our understanding of safety regulations across multiple jurisdictions helps ensure compliance from the start. We guide clients through regulatory requirements efficiently, supporting project approvals while maintaining robust safety standards.
Risk management
We help clients identify, assess, and control risks systematically, implementing proven safety measures that protect operations while maintaining efficiency. Our validated approaches often result in reduced costs through demonstrated risk reduction.
Knowledge transfer
We help develop our clients’ internal capabilities to recognise, assess, and manage safety risks effectively, creating lasting operational and financial benefits.
Our Vision
To be the global leader in safety and risk management excellence, making the world a safer place for all.
Our Purpose
We are driven by our purpose, to help customers understand and manage risk to maximise performance, and our mission to make the world a safer place – Gexcon is the trusted safety and risk management partner for the world’s leading industries.
Gexcon’s Culture and Values
Our company culture is the foundation for our success.
Gexcon culture reflects Norway’s egalitarian ideals. Openness, equality, equal rights, tolerance, respect, creativity, innovation are what we are all about. We love people and our nature, and we are proud that we can help keep them safe.
Building company culture at a global scale is a journey in achieving our mission. We believe in developing an inclusive and diverse company culture based on our core values to help our employees and customers do extraordinary things. We believe that by working together, we create the unimaginable and have a lot of fun on the way. We build on the ideas of others and collaborate across boundaries to ensure each employee at Gexcon can reach their potential so that we can deliver the very best to our customers.
This is why we are the knowledge leaders and we set the trend.
We enjoy learning, sharing, and evolving whilst keeping to our roots and core values. We embrace our culture by promoting our values in every interaction we have in our roles at Gexcon. As a strong, global team, we are committed to our values which have bonded us with our clients for over half a century.
Trustworthy
We build trust between employees, partners, customers and authorities.
We are interested in honest, long term, respectful relationships that will help the personal, professional and commercial development of all we interact with.
Sharing
We share our knowledge and expertise.
We take pride in sharing our knowledge to help the industry and educate our partners to help create safer world around us. We believe that Knowledge is powerful and makes a positive impact on society only when shared.
Agile
We are attentive to support our customers and able to act quickly.
We will not get complacent and continue being the thought leaders in the industry. We believe in innovation and continuous learning and development. We will serve our partners and help develop our employees by constantly developing and evolving, constantly being on the way to contribute to a better future.
Where we operate
Gexcon operates globally with 170+ employees located across Europe, America and Asia.
Gexcon’s international reach enables us to build solid and lasting relationships with our clients.
In addition, our global presence reflects our determination to offer our clients responsive and local services.
The headquarters are based in Bergen, Norway, alongside offices in Australia, China, India, Indonesia, the Netherlands, France, Germany, the UK and the Americas.
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Our History
For the last 50 years, Gexcon has been involved in the investigation of many high-profile accidents such as Buncefield, Piper Alpha, TWA 800, and the P-36 platform (Brazil).
Partnerships
Driven by collaboration and partnership
Meet the team
Committed to delivering safety and risk management for the world’s leading industries.
