Wärtsilä is a Finnish manufacturer of power plants (mainly diesel-powered) for use in electricity generation and ship power, and associated services. The company's headquarters is located in Helsinki. A power station (also power plant) is a facility for the generation of electric power. ... Diesel or Diesel fuel is a specific fractional distillate of fuel oil (mostly petroleum) that is used as fuel in a diesel engine invented by German engineer Rudolf Diesel. ... Itaipu Dam is a hydroelectric generating station Electricity generation is the first process in the delivery of electricity to consumers. ... Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki City manager Jussi Pajunen Official languages Finnish, Swedish Area - total - land ranked 342nd 185. ...
acquisition of the Onkilahti engineering workshop in Vaasa.
1965
The company is renamed Oy Wärtsilä Ab.
1898
The sawmill and iron works company is renamed Wärtsilä Ab.
1938
Wärtsilä signs a licence agreement and the first diesel engine is built in Turku in 1942.
1978
Acquisition of 51% of the NOHAB diesel business, the remaining shares are acquired in 1984.
1988
A company is set up in India and floated on the Bombay stock exchange.
1990
merged into Lohja Corporation, later renamed Metra Corporation.
1984
quoted on the London stock exchange.
1989
Wärtsilä Diesel acquires SACM and Stork Werkspoor B.V. This company is renamed Stork-Wärtsilä Diesel B.V.
1991
Imatra Steel is created when Ovako AB is split up between its owners, Metra and SKF.
1995
Wärtsilä Diesel and Cummins Engine Company Inc. set up a joint venture.
1997
In April, Wärtsilä Diesel absorbed the former Swiss-based Sulzer Brothers Ltd. division called New Sulzer Diesel (NSD) to form Wärtsilä NSD. The reference to the name "Sulzer" is still used in the designation of engines Wärtsilä inherited from the absorption of New Sulzer Diesel. Wärtsilä NSD Corporation is created.
1999
The split of the Cummins-Wärtsilä joint venture.
2000
Wärtsilä NSD and John Crane-Lips sign an alliance. Metra group is renamed as Wärtsilä Corporation.
2001
Wärtsilä sells its holding in Sanitec. Wärtsilä takes ownership of service company Ciserv AB and Sermet Oy.
2002
The Ciserv-group expands in Singapore, Denmark and Canada. : Wärtsilä acquires John Crane-Lips, which operates within Wärtsilä under the name Wärtsilä Propulsion.
2004
Wärtsilä’s Chinese propeller company started production.
Source : 2005 Corporate presentation Tohmajärvi is a municipality of Finland. ... Province Western Finland Region Ostrobothnia Sub-region Vaasa City manager Markku Lumio Official languages Finnish, Swedish Area - total - land ranked 345th 397 km² 183 km² Population - total (31. ... Province Western Finland Region Finland Proper Sub-region Turku City manager Mikko Pukkinen Official languages Finnish, Swedish Area - total - land ranked 311th 245. ... NOHAB, (Nydqvist och Holm AB), Swedish manufacturing company in the town of Trollhättan. ...
Range
The range comprises the Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine wich is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover in the world as of 2005, with cylinder bores of 960 mm (37.8 in) and stroke of 2500 mm (98.4 in), producing up to 80,080 kW (107,389 hp) in the 14-cylinder configuration. The Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the largest engine in the world, designed for large container ships. ...
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