“
We saw people that
were passionate and
professional about shipbuilding.
The Turku shipyard is now thriving under 100% German ownership. On
May 6, Meyer Werft purchased the remaining 30 % of the shipyard from
the State of Finland, making the German family company the sole owner
of the venerable shipyard that has given the world such industry icons
as Oasis and Allure of the Seas.
W
hen Meyer Werft and the Finn-
“This was our first major purchase
rather than later,” Meyer says, adding that
ish State acquired Turku shipyard
outside of Germany, so we wanted to think
it’s still not all sunshine and smooth sailing
from STX Europe in September 2014, it
things through very well.” However, in just
from here on out:
was understood that the State would only
a manner of months the Germans became
stick around for the transition period – per-
convinced that the Turku shipyard does
haps a couple of years. Jan Meyer, Chief
have a solid future – and made their move
Executive Officer of Meyer Turku, says that
to acquire total ownership.
the company wanted to be extra cautious
throughout the process:
“The normal business risks still
remain.”
DOUBLE VISION
“Since there were no good reasons
Together, the Meyer Werft shipyards at
against it, we decided to do it sooner
Papenburg and Turku form a “dynamic
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