Yanmar Marine

 Yanmar Marine is one of the leading industry players in the marine diesel market. Yanmar Marine is but a small part of the global company Yanmar. Yanmar Marine specifically caters to the Pleasurecraft market. It also handles the other boating products related Pleasurecrafts as well customer service. Yanmar is a Japanese company and Yanmar Marine's headquarters is in the Netherlands. The company has a very strong global presence.

Yanmar Marine boasts of cutting edge technology in leisure marine products. Just recently, they released ZT350 Sterndrive. These transmissions are designed to be used with BY and LP Series of Yanmar marine diesel engines.

Yanmar boat engines are known to always meet and even exceed EPA emission standards. They are even a few steps ahead of the current standards. Yanmar marine diesel engines are also famous for being fuel efficient as Japanese engines are known for. It is really no wonder that Yanmar marine engine production and distribution reached 5 million in 1984. That number is a little dated but that was a milestone in the history of the company.

Yanmar was founded in Japan in 1912 making the company almost a hundred years old. This history in the manufacture of engines gave Yanmar a reputation of producing high quality engines not just for boats but for agricultural applications as well.

Below are just some of the company's achievements:

• In 1952, Yanmar developed the world's smallest 4-cycle horizontal water-cooled engine.

• In 1968, Yanmar received the prestigious Demming Prize.

• This is the first time in that the prize was given to a Japanese diesel engine manufacturer.

• In 1981 Yanmar set a world record by exceeded 5 million units of horizontal water-cooled small diesel engines produced.

• In 1984 Yanmar developed the world's smallest air-cooled diesel L series.

Yanmar has really gone a long way and they are still churning out better and better marine engines. Even used Yanmar marine diesel engines are highly sought after as they do the job pretty well.