Aker Arctic

Aker Arctic Technology Oy
Company typeOsakeyhtiö
Founded30 December 2004; 19 years ago (2004-12-30)[1]
Headquarters
Helsinki
,
Finland
Key people
Mika Hovilainen (Managing Director and CEO)[2]
Services
Revenue
  • Decrease€10,438,000 (2023)
  • €11,428,000 (2022)[1]
  • Decrease€546,000 (2023)
  • €702,000 (2022)[1]
OwnerFinnish Industry Investment (66.4%)
ABB (16.8%)
Aker Solutions (16.8%)[3]
Number of employees
57 (12/2023)[1]
Websitewww.akerarctic.fi

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 and its predecessors have designed more than half of the world's icebreakers.[4] 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.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b c d "Aker Arctic Technology Oy" (in Finnish). Kauppalehti. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Mika Hovilainen Appointed CEO of Aker Arctic". Aker Arctic. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  3. ^ Valtio hankki omistukseensa enemmistön arktisesta erityisosaajasta Aker Arcticista Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine. Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy, 17 December 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  4. ^ Company Archived 2012-05-10 at the Wayback Machine. Aker Arctic. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  5. ^ Juurmaa, K et al.: New ice breaking tanker concept for the arctic (DAT) Archived 2012-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. Kvaerner Masa-Yards Arctic Technology, 1995.
  6. ^ Juurmaa, K et al.: The development of the new double acting ships for ice operation. Kvaerner Masa-Yards Arctic Technology, 2001 Archived 2012-03-03 at the Wayback Machine and 2002 Archived 2012-09-04 at the Wayback Machine.