The Shipyard That Built the Titanic

By no means is Harland and Wolff a household name among most people. To learn what the company even does, you'd probably need to Google it. If you searched for them, you may find their website, which provides information about their current commercial activities and places a strong emphasis on topics like wind and tidal energy. They must be a provider of alternative energy, then. Perhaps, an engineering company? Maybe. However, that is not their main source of renown. The Titanic was built by Harland & Wolff.

Up until the early 2000s, the Belfast-based shipyard was mostly recognized as a shipbuilding business. As recently as 2003, their whole business was focused on shipbuilding. Then they started to change, and by 2011, offshore renewable energy accounted for 75% of the company's revenue.