History
1827 Foundation Machinefabriek Werkspoor, Amsterdam
1868 Foundation N.V. Machinefabriek Stork & Co. , Hengelo
1947 Start production diesel engine (until 1000 HP) in the former Centrale Werkplaats NS at Zwolle.
1954 Fusion Stork and Werkspoor in Verenigde Machine Fabrieken (VMF).
1963 Foundation Stork Dieselmotoren B.V. Zwolle.
1975 Name VMF changed into VMF-Stork.
1978 Self-sufficiency Stork-Werkspoor Diesel B.V.; separated from the VMF-Stork concern.
1979 Licence agreement diesel engines with MTU GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany.
1980 Start licence building 445 pc. MTU-diesel engines for Leopard 2 battle tanks for The Netherlands.
1984 Start maintenance and revision (maintenance) diesel engines Leopard 2 battle tanks.
1988 Agreement with MTU GmbH, Friedrichshafen on granting status “authorised workshop” to Stork SP.
1988 Licence agreement transmissions with RENK AG, Augsburg, Germany.
1989 Start maintenance and revision (maintenance) transmissions Leopard 2 battle tanks
1989 Naval activities (RUB-diesel engines) from SWD-Amsterdam joined at Zwolle with land force activities (MTU diesel engines / RENK transmissions) in business unit Special Products.
1989 Wärtsilä Finland takes majority interest (60 %) in SWD-Amsterdam/Zwolle. Name Stork-Werkspoor Diesel changed into Stork-Wärtsilä Diesel.
1991 Start licence building 100 pc. MTU-diesel engines for 75 pc. salvage tanks Germany and 25 pc. salvage tanks The Netherlands.
1993 Production 3 pc. A-RUB 215 diesel engines for mine hunters Pakistan Navy.
1993 Agreement with KMW GmbH, Mänchen, Germany for maintenance and revision power pack (engine + transmission) for Leopard 2 battle- and salvage tanks Royal Dutch Army.
1997 Name SWD B.V. changed into Wärtsilä NSD Nederland (WNSNL).
1999 Start maintenance and revision (maintenance) MTU 396 diesel-generator sets DE 6400/6500 locomotives Railion Benelux B.V. (former NS Cargo).
1999 Stork N.V. sells remaining 40 % share in WNSNL to Wärtsilä Finland.
1999 Stork N.V. takes over business unit Special Products from Wärtsilä Finland and privatising this into Stork Special Products B.V., Zwolle.
2003 Start new-building prototypes power pack Boxer-project for the benefit of Germany, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
2004 Takeover by Stork SP of “defence activities” Stork Bronswerk, i.e. airco system and NBC-filtration systems (so-called ECS).
2004 Start new-building engines/transmissions for the benefit of project PzH 2000 for the Netherlands.