Wärtsilä strengthens its ship design services in Brazil
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade & Technical press release, 15 October2009Wärtsilä, the leading ship power systems integrator, has strengthenedits presence within the Brazilian maritime industry by incorporatingWärtsilä Ship Design into Wärtsilä's Brazilian operations. A fullrange of local engineering services will now be available toshipowners, offshore operators and shipyards in Brazil. Customerswill now also be able to benefit from Wärtsilä's technologicaldevelopments in ship's propulsion, power generation and advancedservice concepts.Wärtsilä Ship Design in Brazil is an integrated part of the company'sglobal ship design organisation, which already has major hubs inEurope and Asia. Wärtsilä Ship Design in Brazil will generate newdesigns, ranging from low-cost, standard vessels to high-end,ground-breaking tonnage for the most demanding applications. WärtsiläShip Design will provide a broad and high quality offering of shipdesign services to its Brazilian customers, with the capability togive full design scope basis offers."The Brazilian marine industry stands to benefit from our combinationof local presence and global expertise, the possibility to executeall design contracts through Wärtsilä Brazil, and the experience andsupport generated by our ship design offices worldwide. It is ourgoal to establish Wärtsilä Ship Design in Brazil as an independentship designer, one that will be the Brazilian customer's firstchoice," says Arne Birkeland, Vice President, Ship Design of WärtsiläShip Power.The Brazilian offshore industry has recorded impressive growthperformance, and Wärtsilä is aligning the local capacity and scope ofits organisation accordingly. The ship design organisation is fullyowned by Wärtsilä and will have all the licenses needed to operate asan engineering services provider in Brazil. The company will employan adequate number of chartered engineers and designers to meet thelevel of work being developed locally, and in line with localindustry requirements."Wärtsilä's long term ambition is to create proven designs withpredefined solutions and operational services, along with performanceguarantees and fixed prices. This can include comprehensive servicesto ship owners, such as shipyard selection, drawings approval, andnew building supervision. To shipyards we offer detailed design andengineering support during the construction phase," Birkelandexplains.Wärtsilä Ship Power offers competitive integrated solutions andservices that will lead to better total efficiency, improvedenvironmental performance, and reduced life cycle costs for itscustomers.Wärtsilä Brazil was founded in 1990 and currently employs more than500 people,For further information, please contact.Mr Arne BirkelandVice President, Ship DesignShip PowerWärtsilä CorporationTel: +47 97715013arne.birkeland(at)wartsila.comMedia contact:Ms Marit Holmlund-SundSenior Manager, PR and Marketing CommunicationsWärtsilä CorporationDirect tel: +358 10 709 1439Direct fax: +358 10 709 1425e-mail: marit.holmlund-sund(at)wartsila.comInternet: www.wartsila.comWärtsilä in brief:Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions forthe marine and energy markets. By emphasising technologicalinnovation and total efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmentaland economic performance of the vessels and power plants of itscustomers.In 2008, Wärtsilä's net sales totalled EUR 4.6 billion with 19,000employees. The company has operations in 160 locations in 70countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on the NASDAQ OMXHelsinki, Finland.www.wartsila.comThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Datum: 15.10.2009 - 10:00 Uhr
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