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Europe round-up
Growth is modest and patchy, but with stability comes optimism. IBI's annual A-Z review of Europe's key boating markets gauges the outlook for 2015 and beyond
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Renaissance for Genoa?
The late July announcement that the Genoa show would have two editions in the next 12 months – one in October, and the second in May – came as no surprise to close observers of Italy’s flagship boating event. UCINA (Unione Nazionale dei Cantieri e delle Industrie Nautiche e Affini) ...
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Benetti chief sees China as biggest future market
CEO Vincent Poerio tells Xinhua News Agency that China has the potential to become the world's biggest yachting market
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Azimut-Benetti pulls out of Genoa show
The Italian yacht-builder says it won’t be attending this year’s event
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Fraser Yachts expands brokerage team
The full-service yacht firm has hired two new sales brokers
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Azimut-Benetti launches Dragon project
Italian shipyard to launch Azimut China-specific yacht range next month
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Rebranded Cannes Yachting Festival nears
More than 50,000 visitors are expected to attend this year's show
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Azimut Yachts expands in the Middle East
Samaco Marine, part of the AlNahla Group, to represent Azimut Yachts in Saudi Arabia
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IBI Plus posts Azimut-Benetti financials for 2013
Italy’s top builder of yachts over 24m reports second year of loses
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Headline Financial Update: Whale
IBI Plus has posted a financial report for UK-based equipment manufacturer Whale, purchased in an acquisition announced today by Brunswick Corporation. Also known as Munster Simms Engineering, the company has three manufacturing sites − two in Bangor (Northern Ireland) where it is headquartered and one in America in California. ...
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North American Sailing Market
The 2014 State of the Industry report for the North American Sailing Market is now available on IBI Plus. The much-respected annual study is compiled by The Sailing Company, US-based publishers of Cruising World and Sailing World magazines. The report covers North American sailboat production, import and brokerage figures ...
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Headline Financials: Azimut-Benetti - Updated
IBI Plus has posted an updated financial report for Italian luxury yacht builder Azimut-Benetti, the leading global producer of yachts over 24m. Consolidated accounts for the financial year ending August 2013, indicate the Azimut Group suffered deterioration in both sales and profitability over the year, with turnover down -7.6% to ...
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Palma Boat and Superyacht Show – Review
Anyone visiting the Palma Boat Show and its newly established adjacent attraction, the Palma Superyacht Show, would find it hard to believe that the event was cancelled in 2012 due to a lack of confidence in the market
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Azimut names new head of operations
Alberto Morelli has been appointed chief manufacturing and operations officer
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Headline Financials: North Sails
IBI Plus has posted an updated financial report for North Sails Europe, acquired in June 2014 by UK-based Oakley Capital Investments, the same private equity group which acquired a majority stake in US-based North Technology Group, bringing together North Sails America and North Sails Europe under common ownership and management. ...
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Azimut expands Far East presence with Indonesian dealer appointment
H Marine International is a new company led by Hengky Setiawan, owner of the biggest telecommunications firms in Indonesia
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Azimut Yachts expands presence in China
The Italian boatbuilder has signed a renewed partnership agreement with Simpson Marine
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China: takeovers in the boating industry
China – overseas investment initiatives Until recently, the Chinese business model has been encountered by Western companies mostly within China itself, but now many of the country’s top companies are branching out and taking on Western competitors on their home turf. The government has been encouraging consolidation in industrial sectors ...
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USA Boats Sales Data (30ft and above)
Statistical Survey’s Quarterly Trend report for IBI Plus shows total US sales of fibreglass boats 30 feet and above slowed slightly during the last three months of 2013 but remained in strongly positive territory, up 14.2% year over year (y/y) compared to a 7.5% increase for the same period in ...