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ASC Pty Ltd, formerly the Australian Submarine Corporation, is an Australian government business enterprise involved with Australian naval shipbuilding, headquartered at Osborne in Adelaide, South Australia. It is notable for the construction and maintenance of the Collins-class submarine fleet operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the construction of three Hobart-class destroyers for the RAN which is currently underway as of 2013. ==History== The Australian Submarine Corporation was created when Kockums (designer of the ''Collins'' class submarine) became part of a joint venture with the Australian branch of Chicago Bridge & Iron, Wormald International, and the Australian Industry Development Corporation to construct the six vessels.〔Yule & Woolner, ''The Collins Class Submarine Story'', pp. 76-80〕 The ASC construction facility was established on previously undeveloped land on the bank of the Port River, at Osborne, South Australia.〔Jones, in ''The Royal Australian Navy'', p. 244〕 Work on the site began on 29 June 1987, and it was opened in November 1989.〔〔Yule & Woolner, ''The Collins Class Submarine Story'', p. 127〕 South Australia had been selected as the site of the construction facility based on the proposed location of the facility and promises by the State Government to help minimise any problems caused by workers unions.〔Yule & Woolner, ''The Collins Class Submarine Story'', pgs 87-8, 128〕 By the end of 1990, Chicago Bridge & Iron and Wormald International had both sold their shares in ASC.〔Yule & Woolner, ''The Collins Class Submarine Story'', pp. 181-4〕 The shares were bought up by Kockums and the Australian Industry Development Corporation, with some of Kockums' shares then sold to James Hardie Industries to maintain an Australian majority ownership of the company.〔 On 5 April 2000, the shares in ASC held by Kockums were bought out and the company was nationalised, despite a trend by John Howard's Coalition government towards privatisation of government-owned companies.〔Yule & Woolner, ''The Collins Class Submarine Story'', p. 312〕 The company’s name was changed from the Australian Submarine Corporation Pty Limited to ASC Pty Ltd on 1 October 2004 in order to position it as a supplier of naval combat vessels in addition to being a specialist submarine supplier and maintainer. The name ASC was specifically selected to recognise the company’s “heritage and achievements.”〔'Chairman's Report,' in ''ASC Pty Ltd Annual Report 2004'', page 2 at http://www.asc.com.au/cms_resources/documents/annualreports/ASC_Annual_Report_2004.pdf, retrieved 17/07/2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ASC Pty Ltd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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