Laivateollisuus

Oy Laivateollisuus Ab (LaTe) was a Finnish shipbuilding company located in Pansio, Turku. The company was founded in 1945 to serve Finnish war reparation industry and focused on wooden ships. The first vessels were a series of schooners, which were followed by other wooden vessels. The last wooden hulls were produced in 1958. The company continued producing wooden gluelam structures in parallel with shipbuilding.

Oy Laivateollisuus Ab
Company typeosakeyhtiö
Industryshipbuilding
Founded1 February 1945 (1945-02-01) in Turku, Finland
Founder
  • FÅA
  • AB Finland-Amerika Linjen Oy
  • Ab Oceanfart Oy
Defunct1988 (yard closed)
1990 (removed from business register)
Fatemerged to Wärtsilä Marine and closed
SuccessorsWärtsilä Marine
Late-Rakenteet
HeadquartersPansio,
Turku
,
Finland
ParentValmet (1974–1986)

LaTe specialised on research vessels of which main customer was Soviet Union. In 1973 it was taken over by Valmet, which merged it with the adjacent Pansio shipyard in 1983. Between 1983−1986 the company operated under name Valmetin Laivateollisuus Oy, after which the original name was restored.

In 1987 Valmet put together its shipbuilding together with Wärtsilä under new company Wärtsilä Marine. The Laivateollisuus yard was discontinued in 1988 and the gluelam structure production was continued by new owners under name Late-Rakenteet Oy.

The nearby Laivateollisuus neighbourhood, originally built for the yard workers, is protected and listed as one of the Finnish cultural environments of national significance.

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