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AZIMUT BENETTI
WORLD'S LEADING PRODUCER OF MEGA YACHTS By Andrea Dini Once again this year Azimut Benetti onfirms its position as the world’s top builder of yachts over 24 metres in length. With a record number of 128 projects totalling 4,601 metres in length, Azimut Benetti Group leads the field for the 22nd year in the Global Order Book, the annual ranking of the world’s top producers of yachts drawn up by highly reputed yachting magazine Boat International. Azimut Benetti ranked first out of 186 shipyards on five continents, accounting for 12.5% of the total number of projects, which is a significant percentage in such a fragmented market. The group leadership goes back a long way: according to the ranking, Azimut Benetti has been the world’s number one yacht builder for a remarkable 22 years.
“Our Group owes its long-standing leadership to the ability to build highly innovative yachts that are greatly appreciated by the market and cover the typically Italian size range of up to 50 metres. But this important segment is also joined by numerous larger steel and aluminium superyacht projects, traditionally the preserve of northern European shipyards. We are the leading player today, and have been for over 20 years, because we are the only Group in the world to cover both these size ranges with models of undisputed success, a clientcentric approach and high build quality,” said Vice President Giovanna Vitelli. The Group’s strategy is therefore based on the following key factors: a highly diversified range of models,
