High efficiency, compactness and environmental friendliness were
set as design goals for the project to be pursued by a joint working
group of engineers from both groups. The new engine was assigned
for production in Japan by Mitsubishi and its licensees and by other
Japanese licensees of Wärtsilä. Separate branding—Sulzer or
Mitsubishi—will be applied to the engines, depending on the builder.
The first examples were due for completion by end-2004