A drop in fourth quarter profit and a challenging outlook for the year ahead has not dampened spirits at Finnish engine manufacturer Wartsila.

Its bottom line of EUR 176m ($241.80m) for the final three months of 2010 was down on the EUR 396m booked a year ago but smashed forecasts.

And having completed a cull of around 1,000 staff the company is expecting margins to improve in the year ahead.

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