Meyer Turku
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Formerly called
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STX Finland Oy |
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| Industry | shipbuilding |
| Predecessor | Wärtsilä Marine |
| Founded | 7 November 1989 as Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard |
| Founders | Finnish state Martin Saarikangas Ted Arison |
| Headquarters | Perno, Turku, Finland |
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Key people
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Jan Meyer |
| Products | cruise ships, cruise ferries |
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Number of employees
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1,562 (2014) |
| Parent | Meyer Werft GmbH |
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| Website | meyerturku |
Meyer Turku Oy is a Finnish shipbuilding company located in Turku, Finland Proper. The company is fully owned by German shipbuilder Meyer Werft GmbH. The main products are cruise ships and cruiseferries.
The shipbuilding facility is Perno shipyard in Turku. The yard area is 144 hectares and it is equipped with a 365-metre long dry dock and a bridge crane with capacity of 600 tonnes. Additionally, the company owns subsidiaries Shipbuilding Completion Oy, Rauma-based ENG'nD Oy and Piikkiö-located cabin builder Piikkio Works Oy.
The company was founded in November 1989 under name Masa-Yards Oy to continue operations of the previously bankrupted Wärtsilä Marine. The heritage, however, goes back to 1737 when industrial shipbuilding was first started in Turku.
Meyer Turku Oy is fully owned by Germany-based Meyer Werft GmbH.
The main facility is Turku shipyard that is situated in Perno, Turku. The yard area is 144 hectares and it is equipped with a dry dock that is 365 metres long, 80 wide and 10 deep. The main crane is a bridge crane with 600 tonnes capacity.
Ship cabins are built in a separate factory in Piikkiö, Kaarina under subsidiary Piikkio Works Oy. The company employs 134 people and its turnover is €38.9 million (2014).
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