Meyer Turku
Meyer Turku Oy is a Finnish shipbuilding company located in Turku, Finland Proper. The company is fully owned by German shipbuilder Meyer Werft GmbH. The main products are cruise ships and cruiseferries.
| Formerly | STX Finland Oy |
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| Company type | Osakeyhtiö |
| Industry | Shipbuilding |
| Predecessor | Wärtsilä Marine |
| Founded | 7 November 1989 as Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard |
| Founders | Finnish state Martin Saarikangas Ted Arison |
| Headquarters | Perno, , |
Key people | Tim Meyer (CEO) |
| Products | Cruise ships, passenger ferries and special ships |
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Number of employees | 2,131 (12/2022) |
| Parent | Meyer Werft GmbH |
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| Website | meyerturku |
The shipbuilding facility is Perno shipyard in Turku. The yard area is 144 hectares and it is equipped with a 365-metre-long dry dock and two bridge cranes with capacities of 600 and 1,200 tonnes. Additionally, the company owns subsidiaries Shipbuilding Completion Oy, Rauma-based ENG'nD Oy and Piikkiö-located cabin builder Piikkio Works Oy.
The company was founded in November 1989 under name Masa-Yards Oy to continue operations of the previously bankrupted Wärtsilä Marine. The heritage, however, goes back to 1737 when industrial shipbuilding was first started in Turku.