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Wärtsilä looks east – but maintains its European roots

The recent news that Wärtsilä was, in effect, selling a majority stake in its two-stroke engine business to China’s state shipbuilding concern came as rather a shock to many in the industry.

Nordic Hamburg’s new dual-fuel container ships are being built in China, underlining the importance to Wärtsilä of improving access to the Chinese market for two-stroke engines

The recent news that Wärtsilä was, in effect, selling a majority stake in its two-stroke engine business to China’s state shipbuilding concern came as rather a shock to many in the industry.

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