SEMT Pielstick is a French diesel engine manufacturer based in Villepinte, France and owned by MAN B&W Diesel, a subsidiary of MAN AG
SEMT Pielstick was formed in 1988 when the business was acquired from GEC Alsthom by MAN and MTU, originally as a 50/50 partnership. MAN Diesel (formerly MAN B&W Diesel is is the world’s leading provider of large-bore Diesel enginess for Marine propulsion systems and Power plant applications MAN AG is a German engineering Company based in Munich. MAN is one of Europe's leading manufacturers of engineering equipment Alstom ( is a large French multinational conglomerate which holds interests in the power generation and Transport markets MAN increased its shareholding in February 1998 and in December 2006 bought the remaining 33% of the shares held by MTU, thus making MAN the sole shareholder of SEMT Pielstick. The company has been renamed MAN DIESEL SA and trades under this name.
Licensees
Pielstick engines have been/are produced by many licensees and hence are known by many different names:
- Colt-Pielstick — Fairbanks Morse — United States
- Crossley-Pielstick — Rolls-Royce — United Kingdom (sold under the Crossley name)
- Doosan-Pielstick — Doosan Heavy Industries Construction Co (DHICO) — Republic of Korea
- Hyundai-Pielstick — Hyundai Heavy Industries — Republic of Korea
- Kirloskar-Pielstick — Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. — India
- Lindholmen-Pielstick — Lindholmen Motor AB — Sweden
- Pielstick — Shaanxi Diesel Engine Works — China
Notes
- ^ SEMT: Societe d’Etudes de Machines Thermiques; roughly translated company for the study of thermal engines. Fairbanks-Morse, is a historic American (and Canadian industrial Weighing scale manufacturer The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rolls-Royce plc ( is a British Aircraft engine maker and the second-largest in the world behind GE Aviation. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Crossley, based in Manchester, United Kingdom, was a pioneering company in the production of Internal combustion engines Since 1988 it has been part of Doosan Group is a South Korean conglomerate quoted on the Korea Stock Exchange. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd (HHI is the world's largest shipbuilder company headquartered in Ulsan, South Korea. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː The Kirloskar Group (consisting of Kirloskar Brothers Limited, Kirloskar Oil Engines Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Kirloskar Ebara Pumps India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES
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