Destia

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Destia
Company type Osakeyhtiö
Industry Roadworks
Founded2008
Headquarters Helsinki, Finland
Key people
Hannu Leinonen (President and CEO)
Products Road maintenance
RevenueIncrease2.svg 640.6 million (2023) [1]
Increase2.svg 18.9 million (2013)
OwnerAhlström Capital
Number of employees
1,515 (2013)
Website www.destia.fi

Destia Oy is a Finnish contractor of road maintenance, roadworks, railways and other infrastructure construction. [2] [3] It was formed from a former government agency Tieliikelaitos (a commercial government agency) in 2008. This commercial agency, in turn, was a separated in 2001 from Tielaitos, state agency for road maintenance. On May 26, 2014, it was announced that Finland's government has sold Destia to private equity firm Ahlström Capital for around 150 Million Euros. [4] In August 2021 Ahlström Capital agreed to sell Destia to the French civil engineering firm Colas, part of the concern Bouygues. [5]

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References

  1. "Destian tilinpäätös ja vuosikertomus vuodelta 2023 julkaistu". Destia (in Finnish). 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  2. "Projektit".
  3. "Hiidensalmen sillan huono kunto yllätti | Länsi-Uusimaa". www.lansi-uusimaa.fi. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19.
  4. "Finland to sell Destia to Ahlstrom Capital: source". Reuters . Archived from the original on 2016-03-07.
  5. "Ahlström Capital säljer – Destia får ny ägare". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). 2021-08-27.

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