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Wärtsilä

Finnish marine and energy group supplying multi-fuel engines, propulsion, fuel systems, navigation and fleet optimisation software, and lifecycle services.

Helsinki, Finland · Company

About

Wärtsilä is a Finnish technology group serving the marine and energy markets, with its head office at the Wärtsilä Helsinki Campus. The company is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki and reports about 17,900 employees in 78 countries and 199 locations, with net sales of EUR 6.2 billion in 2025.

The company was established in 1834 as a sawmill in Tohmajärvi, Karelia, and was renamed Wärtsilä Ab in 1898. It gained control of the Hietalahti and Crichton-Vulcan shipyards in 1935, signed a diesel engine licence agreement in 1938 and completed its first diesel engine in Turku in 1942.

The group states its purpose as shaping the decarbonisation of marine and energy. Valo Energy Storage, previously Wärtsilä Energy Storage, is 50% owned by Wärtsilä.

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