In two cities on the southern coast of
Finland , ILS Ship Design & Engineering creates designs for newbuilding , conversion and repair projects . The company specialises mainly in ice-classified vessel design .
” Naval architecture is our profession . It is what we do from dawn to the twilight hours ,” says ship designer and Chairman of the Board Jyrki Lehtonen from ILS .
” This line of work is in the process of constant and rapid development . Digitalisation has become a part of all industries . In the case of ship design , things are now moving faster and more efficiently than before .”
Founded in 1988 by former shipdesign specialists from Wärtsilä shipyard – Jyrki Lehtonen among them –, ILS Ship
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