The manufacturing of special products would continue in Surgeres, while Wartsila France would continue as a service company for the customers of
high-speed engines, the company added.
With those outputs and speeds, the C175 line joins a very small group of diesels--such as the MTU 4000 series and Cummins QSK line--at the top end of the
high-speed engine world, in markets typically served by medium-speed engines.
"For instance, MWM has a 3.0 L
high-speed engine and International also has a 3.0 L
high-speed engine.
Built at the Deutz operations in Mannheim, Germany, the addition of the four diesel and gas engine families expands what had heretofore been strictly a
high-speed engine range for the U.S.
The product portfolio includes MTU-brand
high-speed engines and propulsion systems for ships, power generation, heavy land, rail and defence vehicles and for the oil and gas industry.