Jyrki Heinimaa, the CEO of RMC, notes that there is nothing extraordinary about the
cooperation of Turku and Rauma, because the whole industry works as a network and
shipyards communicate with each other closely.
RMC had to prove that it’s power
to deliver and knowhow are still of the
highest quality. Jyrki Heinimaa, who was
appointed as a CEO in December 2017,
admits that the pressure was high:
“The building of the first ship is never
an easy task.”
ENTER: SQUADRON 2020
After the interview, on November 6, RMC
and the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics
Command signed a letter of intent on the
main principles and conditions for the con-
struction of four corvettes for the Finnish
Navy. These Pohjanmaa-class multifunc-
tional corvettes are going to be more that
hundred meters long as a part of project
‘Squadron 2020’, which replaces seven
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seatec 1/2019
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Co-operation
between companies
in the area reduces the
transportation costs
because operations are
concentrated in the same
area.