Two years after being taken over by its current management, Tecnomar has completed a reorganization, which includes applying for ISO 9000 certification and creating new offerings for clients.
Giovanni Costantino, president and CEO of Tecnomar (pictured), proudly announced the ISO 9000 news at a press event in Milan in late March. (The yard actually applied for certification prior to the spring and anticipates receiving formal acceptance shortly.) If you’re not familiar with ISO 9000, here’s a brief overview. ISO is the International Organization for Standardization, the world’s largest developer and publisher of management standards for businesses and governments. Its principles help these organizations achieve a variety of things, such as developing, manufacturing, and supplying products and services that are more efficient, safer, and cleaner. The standards also help organizations share technological advances and good management practices. In ISO’s own words, “When products, systems, machinery and devices work well and safely, it is often because they meet standards…. When standards are absent, we soon notice.”
Costantino felt strongly about applying ISO 9000’s standards when he took over Tecnomar. Even though it’s a relatively young shipyard, with roots dating to 1987, it had the potential to strengthen its business. During the press event, he commented, “Our team comes from the great Italian school of naval engineering and major industrial sectors. I believe this is the real Tecnomar innovation, the ‘industrial revolution’ I have been implementing whilst preserving the values of Italian nautical history.”
Costantino believes ISO 9000 compliance will further bolster the €3-million (about $4.3-million) investment made in Tecnomar’s various megayacht models. Much of it went toward the creation of two series, the Tecnomar Alloy 5083 and Tecnosail. As the name suggests, the Tecnomar Alloy 5083 is comprised of aluminum yachts, but it also includes steel ones. Planing and full-displacement hull designs are available, too, in several sizes from 33 to 56 meters (108 to 184 feet). The illustration here showcases a 45-meter (148-foot) member of the fleet. As for Tecnosail, it marks Tecnomar’s entry into the sailing-yacht market, using fiberglass and aluminum. Just three models are offered: 66, 76, and 100, with each numeral referring to the LOA in feet.
The Tecnomar Alloy 5083 and Tecnosail lineups complement the existing Tecnomar series of fiberglass planing yachts. The planing product line features offerings from 30 to 45 meters (98 to 148 feet).
In fact, within about two weeks of the press event, Tecnomar announced it had signed a contract for a 30-meter (98-foot) flying-bridge yacht. Set for delivery in 2012, she’s being engineered and designed in-house. Tecnomar says her 7.2-meter (23’6”) beam will make her the widest of any similar-size superyacht in the world.
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