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History

Wärtsilä's Company history from 1834 onwards

Video: Wärtsilä Company History (8 min)

Produced by Franck Productions

The history of Wärtsilä from 1834 until 1990
The history of Lohja from 1897 until 1989
The history of Metra from 1990 until 2000
The history of Wärtsilä from 2001 onwards

Wärtsilä's factory in 1880 in the municipality of Tohmajärvi. In 1898 the sawmill changes hands and consequently the sawmill and iron works company is renamed Wärtsilä Ab, which becomes a new company called
Ab Wärtsilä Oy in 1907.