Wärtsilä's Control Panel Wins Red Dot Award

Wärtsilä has been announced as the winner of the internationally recognized Red Dot award for product design. The award is for Wärtsilä's new propulsion control panel design that received the highest "best of the best" prize in its category. A total of 4,662 design nominations from 1865 manufacturers, designers and architects from 54 countries were considered in three different categories. The Red Dot award ceremony took place in Essen, Germany on July 1, 2013.

The competition emphasizes time lasting design and aesthetic form. Wärtsilä's industrial design team based its propulsion control panel R&D work on key contributions from the fields of end-user research, interaction design, graphical user interface design and hardware design.

The design of the panel emphasizes ease of use, ease of installation, and ease of commissioning. It is a complete and comprehensive system of levers and touch-sensitive interfaces, designed to suit all possible propulsion configurations for modern ships. The operator no longer has the visual challenge of locating critical information on large panels. The Wärtsilä control panel display presents all relevant information when it is needed. On board there are multiple control stations to ensure optimal visibility for the operator, thereby improving safety both at sea and in port. 

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