Wärtsilä strengthens its ship design services...

Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade & Technical press release, 15 October
2009

Wärtsilä, the leading ship power systems integrator, has strengthened
its presence within the Brazilian maritime industry by incorporating
Wärtsilä Ship Design into Wärtsilä's Brazilian operations. A full
range of local engineering services will now be available to
shipowners, offshore operators and shipyards in Brazil. Customers
will now also be able to benefit from Wärtsilä's technological
developments in ship's propulsion, power generation and advanced
service concepts.

Wärtsilä Ship Design in Brazil is an integrated part of the company's
global ship design organisation, which already has major hubs in
Europe and Asia. Wärtsilä Ship Design in Brazil will generate new
designs, ranging from low-cost, standard vessels to high-end,
ground-breaking tonnage for the most demanding applications. Wärtsilä
Ship Design will provide a broad and high quality offering of ship
design services to its Brazilian customers, with the capability to
give full design scope basis offers.

"The Brazilian marine industry stands to benefit from our combination
of local presence and global expertise, the possibility to execute
all design contracts through Wärtsilä Brazil, and the experience and
support generated by our ship design offices worldwide. It is our
goal to establish Wärtsilä Ship Design in Brazil as an independent
ship designer, one that will be the Brazilian customer's first
choice," says Arne Birkeland, Vice President, Ship Design of Wärtsilä
Ship Power.

The Brazilian offshore industry has recorded impressive growth
performance, and Wärtsilä is aligning the local capacity and scope of
its organisation accordingly. The ship design organisation is fully
owned by Wärtsilä and will have all the licenses needed to operate as
an engineering services provider in Brazil. The company will employ
an adequate number of chartered engineers and designers to meet the
level of work being developed locally, and in line with local
industry requirements.

"Wärtsilä's long term ambition is to create proven designs with
predefined solutions and operational services, along with performance
guarantees and fixed prices. This can include comprehensive services
to ship owners, such as shipyard selection, drawings approval, and
new building supervision. To shipyards we offer detailed design and
engineering support during the construction phase," Birkeland
explains.

Wärtsilä Ship Power offers competitive integrated solutions and
services that will lead to better total efficiency, improved
environmental performance, and reduced life cycle costs for its
customers.

Wärtsilä Brazil was founded in 1990 and currently employs more than
500 people,


For further information, please contact.

Mr Arne Birkeland
Vice President, Ship Design
Ship Power
Wärtsilä Corporation
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]

Media contact:
Ms Marit Holmlund-Sund
Senior Manager, PR and Marketing Communications
Wärtsilä Corporation
Direct tel: [phone]
Direct fax: [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]
Internet: www.wartsila.com


Wärtsilä 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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