STX Finland Oy, formerly Aker Yards Oy, was a Finnish shipbuilding company operating three shipyards in Finland, in Turku, Helsinki and Rauma, employing some 2,500 people. It was part of STX Europe, a group of international shipbuilding companies owned by the South Korean STX Corporation.
MS Freedom of the Seas under construction at Aker Yards in Turku in 2006
MS Allure of the Seas (left) and MS Oasis of the Seas (right) under construction at the Perno shipyard in Turku
STX Europe AS, formerly Aker Yards ASA, was until 2012 a subsidiary of the South Korean STX Offshore & Shipbuilding.
Photo from Wadan Yards in Wismar, Germany, previously partly owned by STX Europe