Yanmar's demonstrates an unprecedented level of commitment to the recreational marine industry with new partnerships and initiatives in 2019 and beyond. Yanmar announces a series of strategic sponsorships to leverage the diesel engine specialist’s global presence, outstanding heritage and spirit of innovation to drive growth, sustainability and awareness in the boating industry.
Leading global manufacturer of engines and industrial equipment, Yanmar, has entered the food industry, with its gluten-free Rice gelée ingredient. Yanmar showed Rice gelée at the world’s largest food innovation exhibition. Rice gelée, a natural gluten-free food product made from just rice and water, was met with great interest at its first outing outside of Japan.
Silver Arrows and Mercedes-Benz Style have spent four years creating a unique and exciting sailing experience, incorporating cutting-edge engine technology from Yanmar. Reinventing standards within the class, they have designed and build a 14-meter motor yacht that embraces life, with the quality and prestige of a superyacht.
Yanmar is set to embark on an ambitious 2-year, 4 million Euro project in cooperation with 10 technology partners to develop a modular robotic system to monitor, analyze and manage agricultural crops. The Smart Machine for Agricultural Solutions Hightech (SMASH) project is co-financed under the Tuscany region of Italy and scheduled to run to 2020.
In Japan, YANMAR Co., Ltd. has participated in a test of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered boat, under the auspices of the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). The aim of the research project is to draft guidelines for safety of hydrogen fuel cell-powered boats.
The Yanmar 3JH40 marine diesel engine has won the 2018 Innovation Award in the inboard engine category at the Miami Boat Show. The innovative and compact 3-cylinder common rail engine with an output of 40Hp, makes the latest electronically-managed CR fuel-injection technology available to a whole new category of small leisure boat and commercial vessel owners.
Yanmar has developed two new high-power industrial diesel engines that produce up to 155kW while meeting EU Stage V emission regulations, expanding the companies range squarely into the heart of the into the heart of the high-power diesel engine market.
Amid rising demand for sugarcane as a sweetener and in ethanol, Yanmar has delivered the HS2000 sugarcane harvester to the Thai market, the world's 4th largest producer and 2nd largest exporter of sugar cane.
The first excavator in the 8t class to be equipped with an independent 2-pump load-sensing hydraulic system that realizes 20% fuel efficiency without sacrificing power.
With the robotics industry market in Japan expected to expand from 1.6 trillion JPY in 2015 to 2.9 trillion JPY in 2020, reaching 9.7 trillion JPY by the year 2035, Yanmar is conducting research into agricultural robot technology towards reducing the physical demands of farming and meeting the challenges of an aging population.
Yanmar has been developing and trialing a waste vegetable oil powered bio diesel co-generation system (CHP) since 2011, towards the implementation of a resource recycling model for society. Waste cooking oil is collected at local supermarkets and processed into fuel for combine heat and power generator systems.
Since 1984, Yanmar generators have provided heat and power to Japan's Syowa Base in Antarctica. In an interview with past expedition members, we look at the importance of research conducted at the base and take a look at Yanmar's role.
