Hietalahti shipyard

[1] The shipyard, first known as Helsingfors Skeppsdocka (Finnish: Hietalahden Laivatelakka) and later as Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstad (Finnish: Hietalahden Sulkutelakka ja Konepaja), was founded in 1865[2] and delivered its first ship in 1868.

It also constructed horse-drawn trams and railroad cars.

Wärtsilä bought the parent company Kone ja Silta in the 1930s; it included also the Crichton-Vulcan shipyard in Turku.

The shipyard and the cluster of cooperating companies have a strong know-how in shipbuilding for Arctic conditions; 60% of the icebreakers of the world are built in Helsinki.

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