Winterthur Gas & Diesel

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Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd. (WinGD) was established on January 19, 2015 as a 70/30 joint venture between CSSC and Wärtsilä to bundle their two-stroke marine diesel engine activities. The company is based at the Sulzer diesel site in Winterthur . Sulzer Diesel was taken over by Wärtsilä in 1997.

history

A restructuring as a result of a corporate crisis at Sulzer resulted in the establishment of New Sulzer Diesel (NSD) in 1989 and the sale of the diesel engine division to Fincantieri (42%), Bremer Vulkan (42%) and management (6%) in 1991 while retaining 10% of the share capital (from 1997 Wärtsilä NSD, from 2000 Wärtsilä Switzerland). Wärtsila's specialty was originally medium-speed four-stroke engines with up to 18 cylinders and an output of 18,900 kW (25,700 hp). Since the takeover of the activities of the Swiss company New Sulzer Diesel from Fincantieri, which was mainly active in the two-stroke marine propulsion sector, Wärtsilä has competed with the world's leading manufacturer MAN Diesel. With the product takeover from Sulzer (now also under the name Wärtsilä since the beginning of 2006), Wärtsilä also had the largest and most economical two-stroke internal combustion engines for tanker and container shipping in its portfolio. The product range extends from low power classes with four-stroke drives and engines from around 2,000 kW (2720 hp) to slow-running large engines with outputs in the order of 100,000 hp. The most powerful Wärtsilä two-stroke engine Wärtsilä RT-flex96C with 14 cylinders and a piston diameter of 96 cm develops an output of over 84,420 kW (114,811 PS) with four ABB turbochargers. It is the main propulsion system in the Emma Mærsk class container ships . According to the company, the global market share for marine diesel engines increased significantly to 34 percent in 2016. In 2017, an agreement was announced for Winterthur Gas & Diesel to work with Hyundai Heavy Industries for a further ten years. Both companies had already worked together on previous developments in the large engine sector.

In order to meet the trend towards slow-moving and more energy-efficient ships (see Slow steaming and Green shipping ), Wärtsilä introduced the new generation X engine product range in 2011. This is characterized by lower fuel consumption, higher power density and higher efficiency.

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  1. ↑ China grabs what was formerly Sulzer diesel technology. Handelszeitung , July 18, 2014, accessed on August 22, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Winterthur ship engines hardly ever stutter despite the mega-crisis. Der Landbote , October 21, 2016, accessed on August 22, 2017 .
  3. ↑ WinGD and HHI continue collaboration. Hansa - International Maritime Journal , April 4, 2017, accessed on August 22, 2017 .