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LaTe's main market segment became research vessels and other special vessels. The neighbouring Valmet-owned Pansio shipyard had a similar portfolio, and in order to strengthen its position, Valmet took over
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Kynzell, who had previous experience from wooden schooners, and the third one was Jarl Lindblom, technical manager of Turku Boat Works. Delegation of War Reparation Industry (Soteva) ordered from Kynzell preliminary sketches which were completeded into firm plans by Lindblom.
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were produced there. Each process had dedicated workers. The first schooner was handed over just in the last day of year 1947, but soon after a new vessel was launched every three weeks. The normal production time was 14 to 15 months, but at shortest it went under one year.
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in Rauma together with Pulli, August
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