STX Finland

Meyer Turku Oy
FormerlyAker Yards
Company typeosakeyhtiö
Industryshipbuilding
PredecessorWärtsilä Marine
Founded7 November 1989 (1989-11-07) as Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard
FoundersFinnish state
Martin Saarikangas
Ted Arison
Defunct2014
Fatesold in 2014 to Meyer Werft, USC and state of Finland
Successors
HeadquartersPerno, ,
Productscruise ships, cruiseferries, arctic vessels
ParentMeyer Werft
MS Freedom of the Seas under construction at Aker Yards in Turku in 2006

STX Finland Oy, formerly Aker Yards Oy, was a Finnish shipbuilding company operating three shipyards in Finland, in Turku, Helsinki and Rauma, employing some 2,500 people. It was part of STX Europe, a group of international shipbuilding companies owned by the South Korean STX Corporation.

Half of Helsinki yard was sold to Russian USC in 2010. In September 2013, STX Finland announced that the Rauma shipyard would be closed in June 2014. In August 2014, the Turku shipyard was sold to Meyer Werft and the state-owned Finnish Industry Investment, and renamed Meyer Turku Oy.


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