40 YEARS AND COUNTING
(WorldNews Finland)

Now part of KONGSBERG, Kamewa`s steel and aluminium waterjets - with powers from 260kW to a massive 36,000kW - can be found on high-speed military, leisure and transport craft across the globe. Kongsberg Kamewa waterjets road to becoming a major player in the waterjet industry began in Sweden in the 1880s when Karlstads Mekaniska Werkstad, a manufacturer of water-driven turbines, contracted the nearby Kristinehamn Mekaniska Werkstads Aktiebolag to assist in the fabrication of turbine parts, and later bought the company. Founded in 1849, the Kristinehamn factory had started as a railway wagon repair shop, but by the time of its purchase had diversified into shipbuilding as well as making...