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The Norwegian group Westcon buys ship yard STX Norway Florø
The society of naval planning STX Norway passes of hand also Florø Design
January 2, 2013
Navalmeccanico group STX Europe has sold ship yard STX Norway Florø and the society of naval planning STX Norway Florø Design, situated in the same shipbuilding plant of Florø, to the Norwegian Westcon Group, company that work navalmeccaniche activities, ingegneristiche activities and of installation of systems instrumental constituents and to service of the marine and offshore industry.
"This acquisition - the vice managing director of the Westcon group has commented, Arne Birkeland - will create new opportunity and will strengthen the role of the Westcon which primary supplier of shipbuilding services in the Sea of the North". "Thanks to the elevated competence of the dependent of the acquired societies, to their basins of greater dimensions, to a modern yard and a favorable localization - it has added Birkeland - the market position of the Westcon group will be strengthened".
The single Westcon division Yard of the Westcon group appoints to a job some 500 people and has of a ship yard to Ølen and dry docks to Karmøy; in the 2011 division 600 million euros have recorded a volume of transactions of 4,1 billion Norwegian crowns (). Al 30 past september the consistency of the pocketbook orders of ship yard STX Norway Florø, constituted essentially from the means posatubi Deep Energy, was of 59 million Norwegian crowns.
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Navalmeccanico group STX Europe has sold ship yard STX Norway Florø and the society of naval planning STX Norway Florø Design, situated in the same shipbuilding plant of Florø, to the Norwegian Westcon Group, company that work navalmeccaniche activities, ingegneristiche activities and of installation of systems instrumental constituents and to service of the marine and offshore industry.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
