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ments. It is widely believed that Fincantieri tors, and is enriching its product portfo- rently under construction). In the past now has the muscle to compete with the lio with the entry into the offshore oil & three years it has generated average rev- Asian giants. gas market. enues of approximately EUR 1.6 billion and has an order backlog was EUR 2.1 billion. Compared with the other four top STX OSV has approximately 9 200 producers (all of which are Korean), the employees and 10 shipyards around the Fincantieri Group boasts a leadership po- world (5 in Norway, 2 in Romania, 1 in Vi- BACK IN THE GAME sition in all the maritime high-tech sec- etnam and 2 in Brazil, of which one cur- This acquisition was hailed as being com- 24 seatec 1/2013