Wärtsilä opens global Manufacturing Technolog...

Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 25 June 2009, 9:00 am (EET)

Today, Wärtsilä officially opens its Manufacturing Technology Centre
(MTC) in Vaasa, Finland. The MTC is a new concept for Wärtsilä, and
is aimed at securing and further developing its manufacturing
competencies, and sharing manufacturing know-how throughout the
global Wärtsilä network.

The MTC concept will enhance Wärtsilä's ability to effectively
develop and globally share its core manufacturing competencies,
including machining, forging, casting, welding, production & assembly
automation, and digital manufacturing technologies. This will produce
value-adding benefits by supporting component design, and
manufacturing and supplier development. It will also optimise
Wärtsilä's efforts towards "first time right" quality, "as promised"
delivery times, and competitive costs.

"The most important thing we can do is to improve the
manufacturability of our products. By utilising our enhanced
manufacturing knowledge during the product design stage, and by
taking manufacturing and assembly techniques into account as part of
the design process, we not only secure first time right design from a
manufacturing point of view, but we also enable our costs to become
increasingly competitive. The MTC will also enable faster test
component deliveries," says Harri Kytöharju, Project Manager, MTC,
Wärtsilä Industrial Operations.

In addition to modern machine tools and teaching facilities, the new
600 m2 centre will house three faculties for training, test part
manufacturing & design analysis, and method & tool testing. MTC is
located adjacent to the Wärtsilä factory in the Vaasa city centre. It
is envisioned that dedicated training of some 50 courses per year
will be held at the centre, for maximum 12 persons per course.

By providing the latest manufacturing technology knowledge for
increased competence in design for manufacturing, supplier
development, and component manufacturing, Wärtsilä will have a
state-of-the-art platform to meet future market demands.

"We need to be innovative in our business; operationally,
business-wise and also technologically, to maintain and even extend
our strong position in the market," says Erik Pettersson, Vice
President, Wärtsilä Industrial Operations.

Pictures from the event will be available at www.wartsila.com/press
later today.

For further information, please contact:


Mr Erik Pettersson
Vice President
Wärtsilä Industrial Operations
Tel: [phone]

Ms Tuula Franck
Senior Manager, External Communications
Wärtsilä Corporation
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]


Wärtsilä Corporation in brief

Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for
the marine and energy markets. By emphasising technological
innovation and total efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental
and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its
customers.
In 2008, Wärtsilä's net sales totalled EUR 4.6 billion with 19,000
employees. The company has operations in 160 locations in 70
countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on the NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki, Finland.

www.wartsila.com


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