Saab Acquires Dockstavarvet shipyard
Defence and security company Saab acquires the Swedish combat boat producer N. Sundin Dockstavarvet AB and the repair shipyard Muskövarvet AB, in order to strengthen Saab’s product offering in the naval domain. The acquisition of the companies will become effective at 29 December 2017.Dockstavarvet, based outside Örnsköldsvik in northern Sweden, is a leading producer of aluminum boats. The company was founded in 1905 and has during the three last decades been engaged in the development and production of advanced, high-speed combat and patrol boats for both military and civil applications.