IBI February / March 25 digital issue

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Check out the interactive edition of the February-March 2025 issue of IBI featuring live links and video content. 

With talks of a tariff war dominating the headlines, this issue takes a temperature gauge on the two key European markets of Italy and France – after a challenging 2024, we explore the prospects of a turnaround in Q2.

We touch base with Azimut | Benetti CEO Marco Valle to discuss the macro trends when it comes to product development and reveal why ‘casual’ and ‘customisation’ could be two buzzwords shaping future model development.

In the wake of the world’s largest technology trade fair CES, we investigate the key emerging trends and what they could mean for the boating sector. Plus, we talk innovation with US inventor Mark Ebbenga and why partnership is the new leadership as we explore how Volvo Penta and Azimut | Benetti are taking collaboration to a new level with their Sea Deck 7 and hybrid IPS project.

In our full review of the outboards sector we track the significant advances in outboard tech as ICE continues to dominate in the face of tightening environmental regulations worldwide; and how battery technology is striving to keep up as electric outboards are becoming faster and lighter thanks to more energy-dense motors.

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