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Fincantieri Starts Building New Facility For Frigates

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Fincantieri Starts Building New Facility For Frigates
Officials mark the groundbreaking of Fincantieri Marinette; Marine’s new Building 34 facility on Feb. 9, 2021. From left to right: Corey Brumbaugh, Miron Construction; Jan Allman, CEO of Fincantieri Marinette Marine; Steve Genisot, Mayor of Marinette, Wisc.; Dario Deste, president and CEO of Fincantieri Marine Group; Uriah Wolfe, Graef; Vice Adm. (Ret.) Richard Hunt, president of Fincantieri Marinette Marine; and Andy Heimbuch, president, Boilermakers Union, Local 696. (Photo: Fincantieri Marinette Marine)

This week Fincantieri Marinette Marine began construction on a new building that it will use to help build up to two new Constellation-class (FFG-62) frigates at once. “Building 34 is a key element to our Constellation-class frigate production. This will allow us to complete construction of two 500-ft. ships at the same time inside of a massive climate-controlled facility,” Dario Deste, president and CEO of Fincantieri Marine Group, said in a statement on Feb. 9. The company noted Building 34…

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