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STX Finland Oy, formerly Aker Yards Oy, was a Finnish shipbuilding company operating two shipyards in Finland, in Turku and Rauma, employing some 2,500 people. It was part of STX Europe, a group of international shipbuilding companies owned by the South Korean STX Corporation. In September 2013, STX Finland announced that the shipyard in Rauma would be closed in June 2014. In August 2014, the Turku shipyard was sold to Meyer Werft the state-owned Finnish Industry Investment and renamed Meyer Turku Shipyard Oy. == History == STX Finland Oy was a descendant of different shipyard companies. Wärtsilä operated the shipyards of Helsinki and Turku since the 1930s. Wärtsilä Marine went bankrupt in 1989 after merging with Valmet shipyards. Masa-Yards was established by Martin Saarikangas with financing from the shipping companies to finish the ships under construction, eventually taking over the operations of Wärtsilä's former shipyards. In the mid-90s Kvaerner purchased Masa-Yards and Kvaerner Masa-Yards was born. In 1991 the shipbuilding businesses of Hollming Oy of Rauma and Rauma-Repola of Rauma were merged to form Finnyards.〔 (Rauman seudun teollistuminen )〕 This company was purchased by Kvaerner and became Aker Finnyards. In January 2005 Kvaerner Masa-Yards and Aker Finnyards merged to form the "new" Aker Finnyards Oy. The name of the company was changed to Aker Yards Oy on 7 June 2006, and to STX Finland Cruise Oy on 23 November 2008. Since September 2009 the company has been named STX Finland Oy. STX Finland and its predecessors built many luxurious cruise ships, including the very first modern purpose-built cruise ship, the ''Song of Norway''. More recent cruise ships built by the company included the two Oasis-class vessels, ''Oasis of the Seas'' (2009) and ''Allure of the Seas'' (2010) which hold the record for largest cruise ships in the world. STX Europe is also responsible for the largest cruiseferry in the world, Color Line's ''Color Fantasy'', and her sister ship ''Color Magic'' that entered service in late 2007. In the past, the company had also been the principal yard for the Finnish Navy and by having a 50% share in Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, a joint venture with United Shipbuilding Corporation, was one of the world's leading builders of icebreakers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2010-12-18 )〕 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「STX Finland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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