At the former shipyard site of the city of Rauma on the west coast of Finland, the Seaside Industry Park still keeps developing. This maritime industrial park for the heavy industries now employs more workforce than in bygone days. New development projects for the park area are inspired by the idea of building for a brighter future.
The shipbuilding company RMC – or
Rauma Marine Construction Oy – has a busy schedule. The first keel-laying of this relatively new company took place in August. The vessel, a 158-metre passenger and car ferry, was ordered by the Danish shipping company Molslinjen, for the purpose of starting commercial maritime traffic in the autumn of 2018 between ports in the Danish archipelago.
Another vessel currently at the shipyard dock is the research vessel Aranda owned by the Finnish Environment Institute, undergoing basic repairs. The ship has been cut in half as it is to be lengthened by seven metres.
RMC is situated within the Seaside Industry Park, an industrial park that has been designed for the heavy industries. The shipbuilding company has a 30-year lease for the shipyard dock, along with the surrounding refurbishing piers, the cranes, and the office building.
” All of the steel production machinery and equipment is owned by us. We have a policy of leasing production facilities as needed, but we equip the buildings with our own machinery,” notes Mr. Heikki Pöntynen, CEO for Rauma Marine Construction Oy.
Along with the propeller-equipment manufacturer Rolls-Royce Oy Ab, RMC is an example of the trailblazer companies of the industrial park for whom the Seaside Industry Park has largely been designed and built.
” Those two are by far the largest companies that we have as tenants at the moment. The network of companies within the industrial park is for the most part being composed around those two companies,” recounts Mr. Timo Luukkonen, CEO for Rauma Maritime Industry Estates Inc., an estate company owned by the City of Rauma.
Rauma Maritime Industry Estates Inc. is tasked with the administration and development of the Seaside Industry Park. The companies operating within the industrial park form a corporate network that primarily serves the trailblazer companies but also other companies in the area.
For instance, the local painting company will provide surface-coating services
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In spite of the tumultuous times, the shipyard activities were continued.
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