TIMELINE:

March 2010: Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering made an agreement with the Province of Nova Scotia to open the facility as a world class wind tower manufacturer. June 2010: DSME and the Province of Nova Scotia officially signed documents to make the transaction official. June 2011: DSTN Grand Opening. September 2011: First tower section rolled off the assembly line. Jan. 2013: DSTN receives ASME certification, allowing for the production of pressure vessels and boilers. This gave DSTN the opportunity to diversify its business and serve a new market. May 2013: DSME Trenton Ltd appoints Myong-Jun Park as the new president and CEO of DSTN. September 2013 – DSTN delivered its first 30,000 gallon pressure vessels for the oil and gas industry. August 2013: Towers for the Hermanville Clearspring Wind Project began to be delivered to their destination in Prince Edward Island. 2014-15: 34 five-section towers for the 102 MW South Canoe Wind Project in Nova Scotia were manufactured in 2014, with the final shipping completed in January 2015. January 2016: Media reports circulate that the company is getting ready to close. Unnamed employees say the company is selling off equipment and winterizing the plant. The company says it is open for business and looking at manufacturing pressurized tanker cars. February 19, 2016: Nova Scotia Finance Minister Mark Furey visits Trenton to announce that the province has received word that DSME Trenton will be closing its doors permanently.