STX Europe
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Shipbuilding |
| Predecessor | Aker Yards |
| Founded | 2004 (as Aker Yards) 2008 (as STX Europe) |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
Key people |
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| Revenue | NOK 31,496 million (2008) |
| (NOK 561million) (2008) | |
| NOK 40 million (2008) | |
| Owner | STX Offshore & Shipbuilding |
Number of employees | 15,500(2008) |
STX Europe AS, formerly Aker Yards ASA, was until 2012 a subsidiary of the South Korean STX Offshore & Shipbuilding.
With headquarters in Oslo, Norway, STX Europe operated 15 shipyards in Brazil, Finland, France, Norway, Romania and Vietnam. The company had three business areas: Cruise & Ferries, Offshore & Specialized Vessels and Other Operations.
In 2012, with rising outstanding debts, STX retained the Finnish cruise shipbuilding yard and sold the remainder as STX OSV Holdings, (Offshore & Specialist Vessels), including all the yards, to Fincantieri, which renamed the group Vard.
In September 2014 STX Finland was sold, 70% to Meyer Werft and 30% to the Finnish government. The operations were continued under name Meyer Turku thereafter. Meyer Werft acquired the Finnish government's 30% in April 2015.
In 2017 STX France was acquired by the French government after the bankruptcy of STX Corporation and reverted to its original name of Chantiers de l'Atlantique.