Office profile
Wärtsilä Headquarters & offices · Helsinki, Finland
Wärtsilä · Helsinki, Finland
Not one of the 525 people has an office of their own — a whole floor is a café, and old model ships divide the rooms.
The seaside campus in Salmisaari, the way people work there and 190 years of moves from a Karelian sawmill — then the business. Every number from Wärtsilä's own reports, press releases and its interior designer.
- 10,500 m²campus rebuilt around flexible work (≈ 113,021 sq ft)
- Leesman+first Finnish workplace to earn it (2019)
- 81%of employees want to stay 3+ years (2024 survey)
- €6.9Bnet sales, 2025
Sources: Fyra project page “Wärtsilä” · Wärtsilä press releases (27 Sep 2017, 30 Oct 2018, 6 Nov 2019) · wartsila.com People and culture · Annual Report 2025
Companies / Finland / Marine & Energy Technology / Wärtsilä
THE HEADQUARTERS · WÄRTSILÄ HELSINKI CAMPUS · 2018
A seaside office with no fixed desks and a café on the top floor
In 2018 Wärtsilä moved its Helsinki people into a 2009 office complex in Salmisaari and rebuilt it inside, leaving only the load-bearing structure. Interior designer Fyra replaced private offices with spaces for different kinds of work: the first two floors are meeting rooms, rooms with a sea view are for team projects and the other end of each floor is for quiet work. Café Femma takes up the whole fifth floor, a dark 250 m² Experience Centre beside the reception lets visitors tour a power plant or a cruise ship in virtual reality, and old model ships from the company's history are used as room dividers.
- ≈ 11,000 m² (≈ 118,403 sq ft)
- No personal offices or fixed desks
- Café Femma fills the 5th floor
- 250 m² Experience Centre
- Interior design: Fyra
- BREEAM Very Good
The lobby and Experience Centre
A dark 250 m² Experience Centre beside the reception lets visitors tour a power plant or a cruise ship in virtual reality.
Meeting floors and project areas
Fyra replaced private offices with spaces for different kinds of work; no one has a personal office or a fixed desk.
Café and campus
Café Femma takes up the whole fifth floor of the 2009 office complex in Salmisaari.
Facts: Fyra project page “Wärtsilä” · Wärtsilä press releases of 27 Sep 2017 and 30 Oct 2018 · Helvar case study “Wärtsilä Headquarters”
The campus
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Wärtsilä Helsinki Campus (headquarters) | Hiililaiturinkuja 2, 00180 Helsinki, Finland |
Source: wartsila.com — Wärtsilä Head Office, Helsinki (contact page) · See them on the map ↓
Source: Fyra project page (area, year, designer) · Wärtsilä press releases 27 Sep 2017 and 30 Oct 2018 (building year, rating, lease, move date) · Helvar case study · Wärtsilä news 6 Nov 2019 (Leesman)
Office tour videos
Benefits (Finland and worldwide)
Start and end the workday when you like within the flexible hours, as long as contractual hours are met.
Work from home or other locations in suitable roles, under local company policies.
A part-time contract can be agreed based on the employee's personal needs.
Mental health support through occupational healthcare, medical insurance or other providers, plus sports programmes.
Supplementary vacation days are among the benefits offered, varying by country.
Pension plans, insurance coverage and medical benefits, tailored to each country.
Transportation assistance and work-related equipment.
Average spent on formal training per employee in 2025, with 19.8 formal learning hours each.
Source: wartsila.com/careers — Employee benefits (benefits vary by country) · wartsila.com Sustainability, People and culture (2025 learning data)
Why people stay: what Wärtsilä itself says
81% of employees wish to stay longer than three years — 14.8 points above the global benchmark (2024 survey).
The internal promotion rate in 2025.
Internal job openings, fixed-term job rotation, job swaps between two people and job shadowing.
Three mentoring programmes; in Catalyst, Board of Management members mentor 21 employees.
Leadership coaching is offered to all employees, with internal and external coaches.
Agree they have good opportunities to learn and develop — up 21.3 points from 2020 to 2024.
Source: wartsila.com Sustainability, People and culture (employee listening survey 2024; 2025 data) · wartsila.com/careers — Employee benefits
Who works here
employees on average in 2025
of them in Finland
nationalities
of managers are women
Source: wartsila.com Five years in figures (personnel 2025) · Sustainability, People and culture (gender and nationalities, 2025)
Office history: from a Karelian sawmill to the Helsinki seafront
- 1834 A sawmill in the village of Värtsilä
Wärtsilä began as a sawmill founded on April 12, 1834, in Värtsilä, a small village in North Karelia. The sawmill soon grew into an ironworks.
Source: wartsila.com — History timeline
Värtsilä village, North Karelia, 1834 · © Wärtsilä (historical photo, history timeline) - 1935 Headquarters move from Karelia to Helsinki
Under president Wilhelm Wahlforss, who had begun turning Wärtsilä into a multi-sector group in the 1920s by buying shipyards and engineering works, the headquarters moved from Karelia to Helsinki.
Source: wartsila.com — History timeline
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - by 2007 John Stenbergin ranta 2, Helsinki
In 2007 Wärtsilä gave its headquarters address as John Stenbergin ranta 2, 00530 Helsinki. In November 2018 the head office moved from Hakaniemi, together with staff from Lauttasaari, to Salmisaari.
Source: Wärtsilä news, 5 March 2007 (Annual Report 2006 published) · press releases 27 Sep 2017 and 30 Oct 2018
John Stenbergin ranta 2, Helsinki · Mahlum / Public domain · Wikimedia Commons - 2018 Wärtsilä Helsinki Campus, Salmisaari
Over 500 employees from Hakaniemi and Lauttasaari, including the acquired Eniram team, moved on 5 November 2018 into nearly 11,000 m² at Hiililaiturinkuja 2, a 2009 office complex leased from Varma and rebuilt inside with the staff.
Source: Wärtsilä press releases 27 Sep 2017 and 30 Oct 2018
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
Map: how the headquarters moved
From a sawmill village in North Karelia to Helsinki in 1935, and in 2018 from the old head office to the Salmisaari seafront.
- 1 · 1834Värtsilä village, North Karelia — The first sawmill
- 2 · by 2007John Stenbergin ranta 2, Helsinki — Headquarters address in 2007
- 3 · 2018Hiililaiturinkuja 2, Salmisaari, Helsinki — Wärtsilä Helsinki Campus — headquarters today
Addresses: wartsila.com history timeline, Wärtsilä news (5 Mar 2007, 30 Oct 2018), contact page. The 1935 Helsinki address is not published and is not on the map.
What Wärtsilä does
Wärtsilä started as a sawmill and became an engine maker. Today it builds engines, propulsion, hybrid systems and power plants for ships and power grids, and services them over their lifetime — over half of its sales come from services.
Reported in 2025 as Wärtsilä Marine, Wärtsilä Energy, Wärtsilä Energy Storage and Portfolio Business. Energy Storage was classified as held for sale in June 2026.
Where the money came from · Net sales 2025
Source: Financial Statements Bulletin January–December 2025 (Marine and Energy combined; total EUR 6,914 million). The second bar is the total minus Marine and Energy, calculated by eciffo.
Source: Wärtsilä Annual Report 2025 page and Financial Statements Bulletin (4 Feb 2026) · per-employee figure calculated by eciffo. After Energy Storage was reclassified in June 2026, Wärtsilä restated 2025 net sales from continuing operations as EUR 6,219 million.
Growth: revenue vs. people
€4.9B → €6.9B
17,461 → 18,295
Net sales as first reported: Financial Statements Bulletins 2018 (2017–2018), 2020 (2019–2020) and 2025 (2025); Five years in figures (2021–2024). Personnel on average: Five years in figures. 2025 net sales restated in 2026 to EUR 6,219 million for continuing operations. Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
President and CEO since 1 February 2021.
President and CEO before Agnevall; CEO when the move to Salmisaari was announced in 2017.
Wärtsilä traces its start to a sawmill established in Värtsilä, North Karelia, in 1834. Wilhelm Wahlforss, company president from the 1920s, built it into a multi-sector industrial group.
Source: wartsila.com — President & CEO page · History timeline · press release 27 Sep 2017
Wärtsilä: questions people ask
Where is Wärtsilä's headquarters?
At the Wärtsilä Helsinki Campus, Hiililaiturinkuja 2, 00180 Helsinki, in the Salmisaari district. Wärtsilä has been there since 5 November 2018.
Source: wartsila.com contact page · press release 30 Oct 2018
Who designed Wärtsilä's Helsinki office?
The interiors were designed by the Finnish firm Fyra, led by senior designer Niina Sihto. The 2009 building was completely renovated, leaving only the load-bearing structure.
Source: Fyra project page “Wärtsilä”
How big is the Wärtsilä Helsinki Campus?
Nearly 11,000 m² (about 118,400 sq ft) according to Wärtsilä; Fyra gives 10,500 m². It was planned for around 500 people working in the Helsinki area.
Source: Wärtsilä press releases 2017 and 2018 · Fyra
Do Wärtsilä employees have their own desks?
No. Fixed workstations were replaced by areas for different kinds of work: collaboration spaces, silent areas, phone booths and rooms for focused work. A virtual-office app shows where colleagues and free spaces are.
Source: Wärtsilä press release 30 Oct 2018 · Fyra
What is the Leesman+ certification?
In 2019 the Helsinki Campus became the first Finnish workplace to receive Leesman+, with a Leesman score of 71.6 — 9.1 points above the global average. Compared with the old offices, the score for finding the workplace enjoyable rose by 45%.
Source: Wärtsilä news 6 Nov 2019
Can you visit the Wärtsilä Experience Centre?
The 250 m² Experience Centre next to the reception is built for customers, personnel and other stakeholders. Wärtsilä does not publish public opening hours.
Source: Wärtsilä press release 30 Oct 2018
Does Wärtsilä offer flexible or remote work?
Yes, in suitable roles. Wärtsilä supports remote work and flexible hours under local policies; in Finland it uses FlexiTime, so people choose when to start and end their day within set limits.
Source: wartsila.com/careers — Employee benefits
How many people work at Wärtsilä?
18,295 people on average in 2025, of whom 4,421 were in Finland. Colleagues come from more than 120 nationalities.
Source: wartsila.com Five years in figures · People and culture
Who is Wärtsilä's CEO?
Håkan Agnevall, President and CEO since 1 February 2021. He succeeded Jaakko Eskola.
Source: wartsila.com President & CEO page
Where was Wärtsilä founded?
In Värtsilä, a small village in North Karelia, where a sawmill was set up on April 12, 1834. The headquarters moved to Helsinki in 1935.
Source: wartsila.com History timeline
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