Wärtsilä inaugurates new modern facilities for the
Delivery Centre Trieste in Italy
Wärtsilä Corporation, 12 September 2007 New manufacturing
concept will increase capacity and flexibility The Wärtsilä investment
project, which started last year at the Delivery Centre Trieste in Italy,
is now complete.
Wärtsilä has invested EUR 18 million in a modern manufacturing
concept to deliver higher quality, raise efficiency and to increase
capacity for engine assembly and testing in Trieste, Italy.
The new engine production facilities and new Wärtsilä
Land & Sea Academy Training Centre were inaugurated today in Trieste,
in the presence of the Finnish ambassador in Italy, Pauli Mäkelä, Wärtsilä’s
President & CEO, Ole Johansson, and Wärtsilä management.
The investment will raise the capacity of Delivery Centre
Trieste to a level that meets future market requirements and flexibility
needs and that supports the growth targets.
“The new facilities will allow us to increase delivery
volumes and obtain considerably higher quality and delivery accuracy.
This in turn will be reflected in a more competitive cost structure,"
says Mr Sergio Razeto, Vice President, Delivery Centre Trieste & President
of Wärtsilä Italia.
“The competitiveness of European industry requires us
to develop our manufacturing processes to improve efficiency and flexibility.
An essential aspect of the supply chain is a close co-operation with
our partners.
This is also a logistical challenge. The aim of our
investment was to design a factory that meets these challenges while
also improving customer service,” says Mr Ole Johansson, President &
CEO of Wärtsilä Corporation.
Further investments in Trieste Wärtsilä is making further
investments in the Delivery Centre Trieste in order to meet demand and
optimize production and subcontracting activities.
At the same time the investments ensure that production
technology remains up to date.
A new portal machining centre (PMC) is being planned
in order to increase the production volume of engine blocks. There will
also be a new technology building with an auditorium in Trieste.
The value of these investments is EUR 15 million. The
PMC and technology building will be taken into use next year. Wärtsilä
has already forecast that the total value of investments world wide
in 2007 will be approximately EUR 200 million.
The Trieste investments are included in this estimate.
Italian operations The Italian operations of Wärtsilä currently employ
about 1 380 people, located in Trieste and in the service centres of
the more important Italian ports.
This year Wärtsilä has increased the workforce in Italy
by over 100 people.
In Trieste, Wärtsilä today has suitable facilities able
to host several types of 4-stroke medium- and large-sized engines with
a power range from 1.7 MW to roughly 25 MW.
Its product portfolio currently lists the following
Wärtsilä engines: 26, 38, 46, 46F, 50DF and 64.
(From Wärtsilä)
