Company type | Private |
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Industry | Shipbuilding |
Genre | Shipbuilding |
Founded | 1903 |
Defunct | 2010, successor Schaaf Industrie AG (SIAG) |
Headquarters | , |
Number of employees | 1400 (in 2010) |
Parent | Fosen Yard (Norway) |
Website | www.nordseewerke.de |
Nordseewerke Emden GmbH (sometimes abbreviated NSWE, in English: North Sea Company) was a shipbuilding company, located in the Emden Harbor of the north German city of Emden. Founded in 1903, shipbuilding ended in 2010, and the company was taken over by the Schaaf Industrie AG,[1] which among other products, makes components for off-shore systems.
The shipyard employed some 1,400 people in 2010 and was the second-largest employer in Emden, following the plant of the Volkswagen automotive company. Today only few of the former coworkers of the shipyard are still employed with the new owner Schaaf, which also went insolvent in 2012.[citation needed]