Aker Arctic

Aker Arctic Technology Oy (often shortened to Aker Arctic) is a Finnish engineering company that operates an ice model test basin in Helsinki. In addition to ship model testing, the company offers various design, engineering and consulting services related to icebreakers, other icegoing vessels and arctic offshore projects as well as full scale trials, field expeditions and training for icy conditions. Formerly the arctic research centre of Wärtsilä and later Masa-Yards, Aker Arctic was established on 30 December 2004 as an independent company with Finnish Industry Investment Ltd, ABB and Aker Solutions as its current shareholders.

Aker Arctic Technology Oy
Company typeOsakeyhtiö
Founded30 December 2004 (2004-12-30)
Headquarters
Helsinki
,
Finland
Key people
Mika Hovilainen (interim Managing Director and CEO)
Services
Revenue
  • €11,428,000 (2022)
  • €8,050,000 (2021)
Net income
  • €648,000 (2022)
  • €658,000 (2021)
OwnerFinnish Industry Investment (66.4%)
ABB (16.8%)
Aker Solutions (16.8%)
Number of employees
56 (12/2022)
Websitewww.akerarctic.fi

Aker Arctic and its predecessors have designed more than half of the world's icebreakers. In addition, the company is responsible for a number of recent inventions in the design of icegoing ships, such as the double acting ship and oblique icebreaker concepts.

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