The president of Navantia, Ricardo Domínguez, visited this Wednesday Harland & Wolff’s shipyard in Belfast To keep meetings with local teams and launch the company’s integration process in Navantia UK, the British subsidiary of Navantia.
The event was Assistance from authorities As the Northern Ireland Minister of Economy, Connor Murphy, the commander of the Royal Navy for Scotland and Northern Ireland, Brigadier Andrew Muddiman and the mayor of Belfast, Micky Murray.
Navantia UK ended on Monday the purchase of Harland & Wolff, an operation with which the fulfillment of the fulfillment of the Fleet Solid Support (FSS) program for three ships that will support the aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy and provides Navantia UK with industrial capacities in the United Kingdom.
The British subsidiary of Navn¡antia will resume and expand the investment plan provided for in the FSS program, which will modernize Harland & Wolff facilitieswithin the framework of a business plan that will position the company as a relevant actor in the United Kingdom naval market.
300 years of history
With a history of more than 300 years linked to the construction of ships for the Navy, Navantia is a public and strategic technology company for the defense of Spain. Its specialization areas range from naval construction (surface and submarine), to the design and integration of high technological systems and support for the life cycle and high -value added services.
With its Navantia Seanergies brand, it is a global provider for the development of the Marine wind and other green energies Like hydrogen. Navantia employ in Spain about 4,000 people directly, mainly at their Ferrol and Fnene headquarters (A Coruña), Puerto, Real, San Fernando, Cádiz and Rota (Cádiz), Cartagena (Region of Murcia) and Madrid.
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