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Fact Sheet for Wartsila Oyj

Country: FIN

Contact: Wartsila Corporation John Stenbergin ranta 2 P.O. Box 196 Helsinki 00531 Finland Phone: (10) 709-0000

Management: Chairman of the Board Antti Lagerroos Chief Executive Officer, President, Member of the Management Board Ole Johansson Deputy President, Executive Vice President, Member of the Management Board Raimo Lind

Homepage: http://www.wartsila.com/

Comments: Wartsila Oyj Abp (Wartsila Corporation) is a Finland-based global engineering company. It is operational through three principal divisions: Ship Power, which focuses on ship power solutions, including engines, generating sets, reduction gears, propulsion equipment, automation and power distribution systems, as well as sealing solutions for the marine industry; Services, which offers solutions that support the customers throughout the lifecycle of their installations, such as engine services, automation services, operation and management, reconditioning services, training services and ship services, and Power Plants, which offers power plants for the decentralized power generation market, including solutions for baseload power generation, grid stability and peaking, industrial selfgeneration, as well as for the oil and gas industry. The Company operates through a number of subsidiaries located in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa. It is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

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Is Russian on its way to becoming Finland’s No. 2 language?

Finland has steadily been filling up with Russian immigrants and if the trend continues, they will outnumber Swedish speakers as the largest language minority in the country.!--more--> Some 60,000 Russian speakers were recorded in Finland during ... [Published IceNews - Daily News - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Finland, Immigration, Saturation

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Helsinki expects busiest cruise ship season to date

This summer an estimated 400,000 visitors aboard 283 cruise ships are expected to arrive in Helsinki.This would represent an increase of approximately 9.6 percent in the number of cruise ship passengers and 6.8 percent in the number of cruise ship visits. ... [Published Travel News - May 18 2013]

Entities: Helsinki, MS Adventure of the Seas, Peace Boat, Baltic Sea

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Mozambique Power Report Q3 2013

Mozambique power market: Latest market analysis presented As one of the most attractive markets in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, Mozambique has ample natural resources to encourage direct foreign investment. In its power sector, the country is heavily ... [Published companiesandmarkets.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Mozambique, Power Plant, Wärtsilä Oyj, market analysis, Hydro Power

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

International Maritime Organisation

Final Approval for Wärtsilä’s Aquarius EC

Final Approval for Wärtsilä's Aquarius EC BWMSWärtsilä has received Final Approval from the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) for its Aquarius EC ballast water management system (BWMS).The approval ... [Published World Fishing - May 17 2013]

Entities: Wärtsilä Oyj, Ballast Water Management, International Maritime Organisation, Marine Environment

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Wärtsilä Oyj

Zambia plant awards O&M contract

Ndola Energy Company (NECL) has awarded a ten year operations and maintenance (O&M) contract for new heavy fuel oil-fired plant in Zambia to Finnish firm Wärtsilä.The NECL plant, located in Ndola near the Zambia-DR Congo border, will generate 50 MW of ... [Published Modern Power Systems - May 17 2013]

Entities: Zambia, Ndola, Wärtsilä Oyj

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Wärtsilä Aquarius EC BWMS gets Final Approval status

MAY 16, 2013 — Wärtsilä says its Aquarius EC Ballast Water Management System has received Final Approval status from IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) for its Wärtsilä Aquarius EC Ballast Water Management System. The approval was granted ... [Published Marine Log - May 16 2013]

Entities: Wärtsilä Oyj, Ballast Water Management, International Maritime Organisation, Discharge, Marine Environment

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Finland ‘world’s best place to be a mother’

“ACCORDING to the charity State of the World’s Mothers' report, Scandinavian countries make up four of the five best places in the world in which to become a new parent, with Finland on top.High maternal and infant mortality mean that the Democratic Republic ... [Published Helsinki Times - May 16 2013]

Entities: Finland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, United Kingdom

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

President of Services Christoph Vitzthum leaves Wartsila

at 1 pm EET Mr Christoph Vitzthum, President of Services, Executive Vice President and member of the Board of Management has announced he will leave Wartsila to become the President and CEO of Fazer Group at the latest 15 November 2013.Wartsila has started ... [Published Individual.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Wärtsilä Oyj, Christoph Vitzthum, Björn Rosengren, Fazer

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Tour Provincial Finland in Helsinki Food Event – Top It Off with Night of the Arts

The local food event showcases the country’s provincial flavours in the centre of Helsinki at the end of August. Organized in conjunction with the Syystober Beer Festival, and coinciding with the Helsinki Festival, this is the weekend to book a tasty ... [Published MyNewsDesk - May 15 2013]

Entities: Helsinki, Finland, Organic

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Wärtsilä signs first service agreement for power plant in Zambia

at 10.30 am EET Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of flexible and efficient power plant solutions and services, has signed an Operations & Maintenance (O&M) agreement with Ndola Energy Company Ltd (NECL), a subsidiary of Great Lakes Energy NV. The agreement ... [Published PR inside - May 15 2013]

Entities: Wärtsilä Oyj, Zambia, Power Plant

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

ABB Procures Contract in Brazil Zacks

Recently the Turbocharging business segment of ABB Ltd. (ABB) procured an order to upgrade 30 turbochargers in a series of power plants in Brazil. The plants are currently being operated by Wärtsilä under operations and maintenance agreement. The company ... [Published Yahoo! Finance - May 14 2013]

Entities: ABB Ltd, Brazil, Wärtsilä Oyj, Orion Marine Group Inc, Power Plant

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Bestobell to supply cryogenic valves to Wärtsilä Gas Power Systems

Bestobell LNG cryogenic valves are specifically designed for marine applications, which includes the very important requirement for the valves to have firesafe properties, whereby all components must be able to withstand a minimum temperature of 925oC ... [Published Automation.com - May 14 2013]

Entities: Wärtsilä Oyj, Liquefied Natural Gas, Marine Vessel

Blogs

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Wärtsilä to Power New Scottish RoPax [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Jan 22 2013] Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been selected to supply the main engines and auxiliary generating sets for a new Scottish owned ferry. The RoPax vessel, meaning that it is designed for transporting both wheeled ...
Wärtsilä Publishes New Handbook For Standards R... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Feb 28 2013] Wärtsilä has published a new global Supplier Handbook that explains the standards required of all existing and potential suppliers. This is the first time that all of Wärtsilä’s requirements and standards have been gathered into a single, easy-to-read ...
Wärtsilä to Power North America’s First LNG Pas... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Dec 03 2012] Wärtsilä said Monday the company has been awarded a contract to provide the gas powered propulsion machinery and storage and handling systems for North America’s first LNG-powered passenger ferry. The vessel has been ordered by Canadian operator Société ...
Wärtsilä to supply dual-fuel propulsion package... [Published Green Car Congress - Dec 31 2012] Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply the complete dual-fuel—natural gas and diesel fuels—propulsion package for two new Liquefied Ethylene Gas (LEG)/Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tankers being built for Anthony Veder, the Netherlands-based shipping ...
Wärtsilä’s integrated gas propulsion system cho... [Published Green Car Congress - Dec 10 2012] Wärtsilä has been awarded another contract to supply a complete liquefied natural gas (LNG) package, including the propulsion, auxiliaries and controls, for a new offshore support vessel designed by STX Marine, Inc. The ship has been ordered by Harvey ...

Audio/Video

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What the Helsinki? Nokia surges [Published CNNMoney.com - Video - Dec 18 2012]
Finland delivers warning to Cyrpus [Published CNN.com - Video - Mar 27 2013]
Finnish Pres.: Social cohesion important [Published CNN.com - Video - Feb 04 2013]

Press Releases

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Wärtsilä to set up new manufacturing plant in B... [Published GlobeNewswire: Acquisitions News - Mar 15 2013]
Wärtsilä Corporation's annual report 2012 publi... [Published GlobeNewswire: Acquisitions News - Feb 08 2013]
Wärtsilä wins EUR 184 million power plant proje... [Published GlobeNewswire: Acquisitions News - Jan 02 2013]
Wärtsilä has sold its stake in Sato Oyj [Published GlobeNewswire: Advertising News - Mar 05 2013]
Wärtsilä AQUARIUS EC Ballast Water Management S... [Published PR inside - May 16 2013]