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“ The industrial park offers a chance for even small-scale operators to export their products. tion facilities. Then the company contacts us and leases more space within the indus- trial park.” This kind of arrangement yields more flexibility to the company: it can lease as much space and for as long a time as is needed for the new project. Furthermore, the industrial park offers a chance for even small-scale oper- ators to export their products. The Sea- side Industry Park piers can be utilised for loading cargo and exporting goods man- ufactured by various small companies, by cargo ships. ”We make such operations possi- ble. We keep the facilities and equipment in good shape, as well as offer electricity, heating, gas pipelines, and other basic ser- vices, so that the company is able to con- centrate on its own business activities,” Luukkonen depicts. He says he has lots of confidence in the future of the industrial park. The estate Jukova Corporation is one of the leading system suppliers for the passenger transport industry. Jukova’s long experience in maritime products has been gathered under one product line, Meridian. company intends to improve the function- ality of the area and to keep on creating new services. Additionally, the estate company wishes to build an even better operational environment for the companies within the Seaside Industry Park. Demand is on the increase since shipbuilding will keep the companies in this area quite busy, at least well into the future. In the spring of 2017, Rauma Marine Constructions and Finnish Defence Forces agreed upon a design con- tract for ’Squadron 2010’ project which includes four new multi-purpose corvette vessels. Once the project materialises, it will yield a lot of new jobs for the region for a long time to come. n Jukova Corporation [email protected] www.jukova.com seatec 1/2018 37