Wärtsilä: Power Plant, Diesel Engine, Gas Engine, Sulzer Brothers Ltd. - Tapa blanda

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Wärtsilä is a Finnish manufacturer of large diesel and gas engines for use in powering ships and electricity generation. The company''s headquarters are located in Helsinki. The core business of Wärtsilä is marine diesel engines, but its engines are also widely used in diesel-powered power plants. It employed 18,810 workers as of 2008. Wärtsilä engines are mainly used for marine propulsion and for electricity generation. The engines which Wärtsilä produces range from the 4L20, a four-stroke, medium-speed engine producing 720 kW (980 HP), to the Wärtsilä-Sulzer RT-flex96-C two-stroke diesel engine series which, in 2006, was reported as being one of the most powerful yet most compact prime-movers in the world.