# Destia

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Finnish infrastructure construction contractor

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Destia Type Osakeyhtiö Industry Roadworks Founded 2001 Headquarters Helsinki , Finland Key people Hannu Leinonen (President and CEO) Products Road maintenance Revenue 640.6 million € (2023)[1] Operating income 18.9 million € (2013) Owner Colas Number of employees 1,515 (2013)

Destia [ballast regulator](/source/Ballast_regulator)

**Destia Oy** is a [Finnish](/source/Finland) [contractor](/source/Independent_contractor) of [road maintenance](/source/Road#Maintenance), [roadworks](/source/Roadworks), [railways](/source/Railway) and other [infrastructure](/source/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](/source/Colas_Group), part of the concern [Bouygues](/source/Bouygues).[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Destian tilinpäätös ja vuosikertomus vuodelta 2023 julkaistu"](https://www.destia.fi/tiedote/destian-tilinpaatos-ja-vuosikertomus-vuodelta-2023-julkaistu/). *Destia* (in Finnish). 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Projektit"](http://www.rakennuslehti.fi/uutiset/projektit/25552.html).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Hiidensalmen sillan huono kunto yllätti | Länsi-Uusimaa"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131019084732/http://www.lansi-uusimaa.fi/artikkeli/62145-hiidensalmen-sillan-huono-kunto-yllatti). *www.lansi-uusimaa.fi*. Archived from [the original](http://www.lansi-uusimaa.fi/artikkeli/62145-hiidensalmen-sillan-huono-kunto-yllatti) on 2013-10-19.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Finland to sell Destia to Ahlstrom Capital: source"](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-destia-idUSBREA4P02Y20140526). *[Reuters](/source/Reuters)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160307130040/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-destia-idUSBREA4P02Y20140526) from the original on 2016-03-07.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "Ahlström Capital säljer – Destia får ny ägare". *[Hufvudstadsbladet](/source/Hufvudstadsbladet)* (in Swedish). 2021-08-27.

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