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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.1 - Building of ships and boats
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 May 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
Meyer Turku, owner and operator of the Turku Shipyard, is expanding, recruiting 500 new employees during 2017 and 2018. The reason for the expansion is a new contract for the US based company Carnival Corporation worth approximately €1.6 billion. Two new cruise ships will be built at the Meyer Turku shipyard over the upcoming years. The two ships are due to be completed in 2020 and 2022. Meyer Turku made a profit of €25 million for 2016, all of which has been reinvested in the shipyard to facilitate the expansion.
Meyer Turku claims to in total, directly and indirectly through subcontractors, employ approximately 7,000 individuals in the Turku region. The company aims to increase this figure to 20,000 employees in a few years.
Eurofound (2017), Meyer Turku, Business expansion in Finland, factsheet number 90955, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90955.
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