Destia Oy is a
Finnish contractor
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Business roles
* Defense contractor, arms industry which provides weapons or military goods to a government
* General contractor, an individual o ...
of
road maintenance
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There are many types of ...
,
roadworks,
railways and other
infrastructure
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construction. 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. In August 2021 Ahlström Capital agreed to sell Destia to the French civil engineering firm
Colas, part of the concern
Bouygues
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.
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Government-owned companies of Finland
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