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In an action in the direction of loan consolidation of marine shipbuilding in north Germany, Bremen- based Lürssen Group as well as German Naval Yards Kiel strategy to incorporate their existing armed forces as well as marine surface area shipbuilding tasks right into a joint business that will certainly be led by LürssenGroup The goal of the mix is to enhance the framework of the German shipbuilding sector as well as to strengthen its effectiveness as well as sustainability.
German Naval Yards claims that “the two shareholding families” have actually efficiently laid the structure for a clear-cut legal contract for the joint business.”
Those 2 family members are the Safa household, whose Privinvest Holding is the best proprietor of German Naval Yards, as well as the Lürssen household.
The recommended mix continues to be based on authorization by the appropriate merging control authorities.
According to German Naval Yards the mix attends to the German federal government’s demand to develop commercial frameworks that ensure dependable residential accessibility as well as a reliable expense framework. In enhancement to the building and construction of very ingenious as well as technically progressed marine vessels, this likewise consists of the useful honesty of such vessels over the whole life process. The fortifying of the residential marine shipbuilding sector via a mixed entity in between Lürssen as well as German Naval Yards Kiel fulfills these goals as well as reinforces the capacity of north German shipyards as well as the German residential maritime supply sector to efficiently contend on a worldwide range.
The German Government, stood for by Maritime Coordinator Norbert Brackmann, was associated with the procedure from onset on.
Iskandar Safa, Chief Executive Officer of Privinvest Holding SAL, commented: “The consolidation in Germany is long overdue. Germany has first-class naval yards and excellent technologies. However, our customers require partners with sufficient scale and capabilities to fulfill large-scale orders of strategic importance. Our customers can be better served if domestic players join forces. We have made an important step into the right direction today. We look forward to working with our partner Lürssen.”
Friedrich Lürssen, of the Lürssen Group, commented. “We are convinced that the consolidation of our naval shipyards has significant strategic merit and will strengthen their competitiveness in the future. We are pursuing this step with the objective to provide a more comprehensive and efficient offering for the supply and maintenance of high-quality naval units to the national customer. We stand ready for this with our team of motivated and highly qualified employees. With this strategic project, we also want to actively contribute to mitigating the effects of the current corona pandemic and to safeguard the national industry’s jobs and technological capabilities in the long-term. We look forward to working with our new partner and are confident to take the required next steps to successfully implement our consolidation strategy.”
Broadcaster NDR keeps in mind that the Lürssen Group likewise consists of Blohm + Voss in Hamburg as well as the Peene shipyard in Wolgast.
