IBI Interview Series – Page 2

  • AXOPAR's Jan-Erik Viitala at Boot 2020
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    Jan-Erik Viitala | Axopar

    2020-02-17T11:04:00Z

    Finnish brand Axopar is revolutionising the boat business by adopting a ‘platform’ approach to model development. Debuting five new models at Düsseldorf in January, the builder has sold over 2,200 boats to date in more than 70 countries with another 500-plus on order. Its co-founder Jan-Erik Viitala talks to the ...

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    Vanemar | Mevlüt Şahin

    2020-01-12T19:22:00Z

    Turkey has earned a reputation for heavy industry and quality manufacturing but new consumer electronics firm Vanemar is evidence of a new generation of Turkish entrepreneurs rewriting the playbook, and setting its sights on the competitive boat monitoring sector

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    EBI | Jean-Pierre Goudant

    2020-01-10T14:40:00Z

    The European Boating Industry association (EBI) is set to tackle boating’s toughest challenges.  IBI Chairman Nick Hopkinson interviews Jean-Pierre Goudant, the group’s new president and formerly part of the senior management teams at some of industry’s largest companies

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    CEO Insights | Growth in 2020?

    2019-11-19T09:21:00Z >> , By

    As a 50-year veteran of the industry, IBI Publishing Director Nick Hopkinson has the ear of CEOs and key managers across the industry and is also a keen observer of the long-term trends driving the market. Here he shares observations from a recent discussion with two prominent CEOs about the ...

  • Rose Damen
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    Damen & Amels | Rose Damen

    2019-10-29T11:39:00Z >

    Exploiting the unmatched synergy between the Damen and Amels brands, Rose Damen markets crossovers that are rocking the global yachting sector

  • Jason Lippert
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    More acquisitions on the cards as Lippert reveals hand

    2019-10-24T10:00:00Z >> , By

    With seven major acquisitions in the past five years, Lippert Components Inc has become a major player in the leisure boat industry. IBI recently caught up with CEO Jason Lippert, who spoke candidly about what lies next as it builds its marine portfolio

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    Thom Dammrich on 20 years at the NMMA and his biggest regret

    2019-09-27T13:08:00Z IBI , By

    The marine industry has gone through a lot of changes in the 20 years that Thom Dammrich has headed the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA). Through boom times and global recessions, labour challenges and tariff wars, Dammrich has been front and centre as our industry experienced some of its highest ...

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    Freedom Boat Club, Brunswick | John Giglio, Cecil Cohn, Brenna Preisser

    2019-07-04T10:45:00Z

    Following Brunswick’s acquisition of Freedom Boat Club, IBI talks with FBC president John Giglio, president of Brunswick Boating Services, Cecil Cohn, and Brenna Preisser, president – Brunswick Business Acceleration about the business strategy and the future of boating

  • Wettoncraft CEO_Eric_DIVRY
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    Wettoncraft | Eric Divry

    2019-06-27T08:30:00Z

    A former director in logistics, Eric Divry had a dream four years ago of developing a boat that would take the stress out of boating

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    Benetti | Paolo Vitelli & Franco Fusignani

    2019-04-30T10:57:00Z

    Benetti recently launched three gigayachts in 100 days, a feat that pushed the builder to its limits. Benetti’s new CEO, Franco Fusignani, and group president Paolo Vitelli reveal just how they came to terms with the mammoth task and the builder’s plans for the gigayacht sector going forward

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    Sleipner | Marius Torjusen

    2019-04-26T15:54:00Z

    Norwegian stabiliser manufacturer’s new Chief Commercial Officer on market prospects and investments for 2019

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    Caymas Boats | Earl Bentz

    2019-03-08T12:01:00Z

    Earl Bentz entered the boat business working for his uncle’s dealership at age 14. Now, at 66, he’s decided to start his third boat company, Caymas Boats, from part of the facilities – and with many employees – of his former Triton Boats in Tennessee

  • Vladimir Zinchenko
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    SVP Yachts | Vladimir Zinchenko

    2019-02-20T17:30:00Z

    The owner of SVP Yachts, builders of Shipman sailboats, OceanClass and the Greenline range of hybrid motoryachts, looks back on the fateful day he took over the Slovenian builder in 2015, and outlines plans for future growth

  • Dr Ralph Kudla, MD of Bavaria Yachts
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    Bavaria | Ralph Kudla

    2019-01-16T15:30:00Z

    Bavaria MD Ralph Kudla discusses the German yard’s new direction, new boats and plans for growth

  • Brunswick Mark Schwabero
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    Brunswick | Mark Schwabero

    2019-01-07T15:59:00Z

    Mark Schwabero, chairman and CEO of Brunswick Corporation in the US, retired at year’s end with the industry enjoying eight straight years of growth and Brunswick’s stock having recorded several 12-month highs.

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    Correct Craft | Bill Yeargin

    2018-12-12T15:24:00Z

    The Correct Craft CEO on tariffs, going global and how to solve one of the industry’s most pressing challenges 

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    Evinrude | Nando Zucchi

    2018-11-02T14:16:00Z

    Evinrude’s Nando Zucchi ready to “buy, build, transform”

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    Feadship | Tom de Vries

    2018-10-24T11:55:00Z

    Feadship MD on the need to connect with a new generation

  • Fulvio Dodich
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    Rossetti Superyachts | Fulvio Dodich

    Fulvio Dodich sets off on a new adventure in the boating world, this time as the chairman and partner of Rosetti Superyacht

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    Bavaria | Lutz Henkel

    2017-12-15T10:40:00Z

    Renowned and respected, but unloved, Bavaria is undergoing a transformation. CEO Lutz Henkel reveals plans to build not just bigger boats, but to inject passion back into the brand