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Yamaha Named
Innovation Award Winner for Nanotechnology Engineering in
Personal Watercraft
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Yamaha Motor Corporation
February 26, 2008
Kennesaw, GA -- Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA announced
today that its new lightweight, nano-engineered hull and
deck material, NanoXcel™, has won the JEC Group's 2008
Innovation Award, the world's most prestigious recognition
in the composites industry. Yamaha is one of only eight
companies worldwide to receive this honor. |
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Yamaha's NanoXcel hulls, decks, and liners are featured on
Yamaha SHO® and Yamaha High Output WaveRunner® personal
watercraft models.
"This award highlights the impact our engineering
achievements have had not only on our customers and
products, but on the global manufacturing industry as a
whole," said Bryan Seti, national marketing manager for
Yamaha Watercraft. "This is the first time products
utilizing nanotechnology have been available to customers in
the personal watercraft industry and it is not available
anywhere else."
JEC Group is the largest international composites industry
organization in the world and grants its annual innovation
awards to those companies that demonstrate excellence in the
areas of technical distinction, market potential and
originality.
Yamaha utilizes a state of the art, environmentally-sound,
high compression molded process to create its personal
watercraft hulls, decks and liners. In an effort to reduce
weight and increase performance, Yamaha engineers have
deployed an exclusive, nanotechnology formula, called
NanoXcel, in its hull, deck and liner manufacturing.
Yamaha's hulls, decks and liners using NanoXcel are 25
percent lighter than before while being significantly
stronger.
The 2008 Innovation Awards will be presented on April 1 at
the Louvre Museum in conjunction with JEC's annual
composites conference in Paris.
Yamaha WaterCraft Group Company, a division of Yamaha Motor
Corporation, U.S.A., is headquartered in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Yamaha WaterCraft Group Company is responsible for the
marketing and distribution of Yamaha WaveRunner® watercraft
and Yamaha Sport Boats in the United States. Yamaha Motor
Corporation, U.S.A. is a leading distributor of motorcycles,
ATVs, snowmobiles, golf cars and marine products in the U.S.
For more information, please visit www.yamaha-motor.com.
"This award highlights the impact our
engineering achievements have had not only on our customers
and products, but on the global manufacturing industry as a
whole," said Bryan Seti, national marketing manager for
Yamaha Watercraft. "This is the first time products
utilizing nanotechnology have been available to customers in
the personal watercraft industry and it is not available
anywhere else."
JEC Group is the largest international composites industry
organization in the world and grants its annual innovation
awards to those companies that demonstrate excellence in the
areas of technical distinction, market potential and
originality.
Yamaha utilizes a state of the art, environmentally-sound,
high compression molded process to create its personal
watercraft hulls, decks and liners. In an effort to reduce
weight and increase performance, Yamaha engineers have
deployed an exclusive, nanotechnology formula, called
NanoXcel, in its hull, deck and liner manufacturing.
Yamaha's hulls, decks and liners using NanoXcel are 25
percent lighter than before while being significantly
stronger.
The 2008 Innovation Awards will be presented on April 1 at
the Louvre Museum in conjunction with JEC's annual
composites conference in Paris.
Yamaha WaterCraft Group Company, a division of Yamaha Motor
Corporation, U.S.A., is headquartered in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Yamaha WaterCraft Group Company is responsible for the
marketing and distribution of Yamaha WaveRunner® watercraft
and Yamaha Sport Boats in the United States. Yamaha Motor
Corporation, U.S.A. is a leading distributor of motorcycles,
ATVs, snowmobiles, golf cars and marine products in the U.S.
For more information, please visit www.yamaha-motor.com. |
