in 1910 it produced the first diesel engine for a sea-going ship, the "vulcanus", for the bataafse petroleum maatschappij. in the early 20th century it also started to produce cooling machines in license from linde ag. in 1960 a new big factory hall was built on the amsterdam–rhine canal in utrecht. it was to be used for the construction of large boilers and machines, the apparatenhal, since 2013 known as werkspoorkathedraal. in 1989 the engine division stork-werkspoor-diesel (swd) was bought by the finnish company wärtsilä.