In 1946 a number of Finnish state-owned heavy industry enterprises were combined to a single conglomerate called Valtion Metallitehtaat (State Metalworks), which acquired several shipyards in Helsinki, Turku and Uusikaupunki. The first ships were oceangoing fishing trawlers built in Suomenlinna for the Soviet Union as part of the Finnish war reparations.
In 1946, a group of Finnish state-owned heavy industries merged to form Valtion Metallitehtaat (State Metalworks), which acquired several shipyards in Helsinki, Turku, and Uusikaupunki. The first ships built were oceangoing fishing trawlers constructed at Suomenlinna for the Soviet Union as part of Finland's war reparations.