seatec - Finnish marine technology review 1/2019 | Page 30

Jyrki Heinimaa, the CEO of RMC, notes that there is nothing extraordinary about the cooperation of Turku and Rauma, because the whole industry works as a network and shipyards communicate with each other closely. RMC had to prove that it’s power to deliver and knowhow are still of the highest quality. Jyrki Heinimaa, who was appointed as a CEO in December 2017, admits that the pressure was high: “The building of the first ship is never an easy task.” ENTER: SQUADRON 2020 After the interview, on November 6, RMC and the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command signed a letter of intent on the main principles and conditions for the con- struction of four corvettes for the Finnish Navy. These Pohjanmaa-class multifunc- tional corvettes are going to be more that hundred meters long as a part of project ‘Squadron 2020’, which replaces seven 30 seatec 1/2019 “ Co-operation between companies in the area reduces the transportation costs because operations are concentrated in the same area.