Marine_Alutech Knowpia

Marine Alutech Oy Ab
	Marine Alutech shipyard in Teijo
Company type	Osakeyhtiö
Industry	Shipbuilding
Founded	September 11, 1991; 32 years ago
Headquarters	Salo, Salo, Southwest Finland, Finland
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Niko Haro (CEO)
Products	Patrol Boats, workboats, landing crafts, combat boats
Number of employees	70 (2023)
Website	www.marinealutech.com

Marine Alutech is a leading designer and manufacturer of aluminium and composite boats in Finland. The company specializes in 5–27 meters boats and vessels for navies, coast guards, government agencies and port authorities.^[3]^[4] Marine Alutech has its own trading name Watercat.

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G-class landing craft

Swiss Army edit

Watercat 1250 Patrol : 14,^[5] The model, known as Patr Boot 16, was ordered as the new lake patrol boat to patrol with the bordering countries (Lake Léman, lake Constance, Lake Lugano, Lake Maggiore). It was part of the 2016 armament program. For the production, Marine Alutech collaborated with Shiptec AG in Lucerne. The construction started in 2018 and was completed by 2021.

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Finnish Border Guard Watercat 1300 Patrol boat PV-272 in Kemi, Finland (2012)
Finnish Lifeboat Institution Watercat 1500 Patrol III rescue boat Rautauoma in Helsinki, Finland (2018)
Pilot boat in the Muuga Harbour, Estonia (2014)
Finnish Border Guard Watercat 1000 Patrol boat PV83 on the offshore patrol craft Turva at South Harbour, Helsinki (2017)
Watercat 1500 Pilot boat in the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden (2018)
Norwegian Coastal Administration Pilot boat LOS 123 off Stavanger, Norway (2018)
Schleswig-Holstein Police Watercat 1100 P police boat Adler in the Kiel Canal (2022)
Austrian Armed Forces Watercat M9 Sturm- und Flachwasserboot in Melk, Austria (2017)
Swedish Sea Rescue Society towable transport barge Watercat 9 Speed Barge for environment support in Nynäshamn, Sweden

References edit

^ "Marine Alutech Oy Ab". Kauppalehti. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
^ "Marine Alutech Oy Ab - Yrityksen tiedot - Taloussanomat" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat.
^ Marine Alutech. "Company profile - Marine Alutech Oy Ab".
^ Scott, Richard (20 February 2019). "Watercat sharpens its claws [IDEX19D4]". IHS Jane's. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
^ "En attendant les jets, voici les bateaux de combat". Le Temps (in French). 2020-11-23. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2023-03-28.