Type
Business expansion
Country
Finland
Region
Manner-Suomi; Etelä-Suomi; Uusimaa
Location of affected unit(s)
Helsinki
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment
30.11 - Building of ships and floating structures

150 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
4 March 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Arctic ship building company, Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, has announced that they will hire 150 new employees for its site in Helsinki as a result of an order of a new arctic icebreaker by the Finnish Transport Agency. The vessel will be the world's most environmentally friendly icebreaker, and is estimated to be completed by early 2016.


Sources

  • 4 March 2015: Talouselämä

Citation

Eurofound (2015), Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Inc., Business expansion in Finland, factsheet number 78684, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78684.