Wärtsilä Valmarine

1982
The company name was changed to Valmet Automation AS.

1983
Valmet Automation AS, Norway delivered the first integrated ship automation system, Damatic Classic.

1990
Valmet Automation Oy, Finland sold 60% of it´s ownership in Valmet Automation AS, Norway to Lyngsø Marine Denmark. The company was thereafter renamed Lyngsø-Valmet Marine Automation AS.

1994
Valmet Automation Oy, Finland sold the remaining 40% of it´s shares to Lyngsø Marine Denmark. Lyngsø-Valmet Marine Automation AS was subsequently renamed Lyngsø Marine AS. Later in the year, Lyngsø Marine Denmark and Lyngsø Marine AS, Norway were acquired by STN Atlas GmbH, Germany.

1997
The management of Lyngsø Marine AS, Norway completed a management buy-out from Lyngsø Marine Denmark. The company was renamed Valmarine AS and became a 100% Norwegian owned company.

2001
Valmarine AS was acquired by CAE Inc. Canada and renamed CAE Valmarine AS.

2003
CAE Valmarine AS acquired the company Odim Hitec Marine Automation AS and renamed this CAE Navigation AS, thus extending its product scope to also include the delivery of Integrated Bridge Systems (IBS) to naval and commercial vessel markets world-wide.

2005
The Marine Division of CAE Inc. was sold to the L-3 Corporation based in New York. CAE Valmarine AS changed its name to L-3 Communications Valmarine AS and CAE Navigation AS name was changed to L-3 Communications Navigation AS.

2009
L-3 Communications Navigation AS was merged with L-3 Communications Valmarine AS. The same year L-3 Communications Valmarine acquired SAM Electronics Norge AS, previously owned by SAM Electronics GmbH, Germany, with the company's main business being the sales and service of navigation and communication equipment.

2015
L-3 Communications Valmarine AS, as part of L-3 Marine System International (MSI) became part of Wärtsilä Corporation.