After formal closing: New shipyard group getting under way.
With the closing on January 5, 2005, the marriage between ThyssenKrupp
Werften and HDW has been formally consummated.
This date also marks the official inception of ThyssenKrupp
Marine Systems, the new group parent headquartered in Hamburg.
Essentially, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems comprises the following
subsidiaries:
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche
Werft GmbH, Kiel
HDW-Nobiskrug GmbH,
Rendsburg
Blohm + Voss GmbH und
Blohm + Voss Repair GmbH, Hamburg
Nordseewerke GmbH, Emden
Kockums AB, Sweden
Hellenic Shipyards S.A., Greece.
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems represents a sales volume of around
Euro 2.2 billion and presently employs a workforce of 9,300.
Dr. Klaus Borgschulte chairs the new company as CEO. Ulrich Ziolkowski
is its CFO, while Reinhard Kuhlmann heads Human Resources. Other
Executive Board members are Walter Freitag, chairman of the Submarines
division, and Gerhard Kempf, chairman of the Surface Vessels division.
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