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Power to the Sea – Integrated Electrical Solutions The maritime industry is something tions on over 180 ships, making the com- The company handles the entire process, special. Nothing you can put words pany one of the most experienced on the whilst maintaining a clear overview. to, but a simple matter of pride. Seeing a ship completed on time market. The company is the leading supplier of intelligent electrical solutions for FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL some of the biggest ships in the world. YIT Marine has supplied intelligent solu- and working is what generates that feeling of pride, and the vital tions to ships of all types since 1982. The work! MAKE THE COMPLICATED SIMPLE company manages projects from Finland YIT Marine can call on the resources of to Florida and from Chile to China. The around 500 skilled personnel, putting to- company has divisions in Denmark, Fin- gether teams to suit the project: from sin- element here, is that it has to land and Lithuania. ■ FROM THE BIG PICTURE TO THE gle man tasked with detecting a fault in SMALLEST DETAIL a main switchboard, to teams of special- Ever since YIT Marine was launched in ists to take a project from design through More information: 1982, it has completed electrical installa- installation and testing to commissioning. www.yitgroup.com IVK-Tuote Provides P&O Ferries with Ventilation Sound Attenuators F ounded in 1988, IVK-Tuote Oy has grown from a small workshop to a leading manufacturer of sound attenuators, damp- ers and cleaning doors for air handling systems in Finland. At present, IVK employs 67 people. The company had a turnover of 6.1 million euros in 2009. Since November last year, IVK has participated in STX Rauma shipyard’s project to build two vessels for P&O Ferries. “IVK provides sound attenuators for both ships,” notes Sales Engineer Piia Kyrönlahti from IVK-Tuote Oy. Sound attenuators are utilised aboard ships to reduce the noise caused by ventila ѥ