The automotive division was spun off from Tenneco, Inc. in 1991 along with the packaging, energy, natural gas, and shipbuilding divisions.

The naval shipbuilding division was partly taken over by the Lürssen Shipbuilding Group.

On December 10, 1904, the company was acquired by Bethlehem Steel and operated as part of their shipbuilding division.

However, due to the bankruptcy of Wärtsilä's shipbuilding division the Silja Serenade was delayed by several months.

Litton's shipbuilding division reported increased sales and profits.

During construction of the Kalypso in 1989 Wärtsilä's shipbuilding division was declared bankrupt.

Since then, the barge construction unit has been developed into a shipbuilding division.

The newly acquired yard became the shipbuilding division of the John Brown group.

In 1943, Pullman Standard established a shipbuilding division and dived into wartime small ship design and construction.

In addition, the boilermaker's shipbuilding division has about 30,000 members45 who, depending upon industry conditions, could move over to the construction division quickly.