FPT Industrial joins Confindustria Nautica

Strategic framework for the leadership of Made in Italy boating

A significant industrial move redefines the balances of the national nautical supply chain: FPT Industrial, a global brand of the Iveco Group dedicated to propulsion systems, officially joins Confindustria Nautica, the institutional voice and reference point for the entire nautical sector since 1967. The membership seals an increasingly close bond between the automotive giant and the excellence of Italian shipbuilding, arriving at a time of strong acceleration in the demand for high-performance marine engines.

Confindustria Nautica welcomes a player that brings with it nearly sixty years of naval engineering (the first applications of the Brand date back to 1965) and a range designed to meet the most stringent standards of modern yachting.

FPT Industrial: industrial presence and record numbers

The integration of FPT Industrial into the Association enhances an already tangible industrial presence in the territory — where an average of two new boats with the brand’s engines are launched every day — and coincides with a phase of strong commercial momentum, driven by a surge in requests and approvals from customers attracted by the excellence characteristics of the engines: torque density, efficiency, and weight/power ratios at the top of the category.

The configurations dedicated to yachts cover a power range from 230 to 1,000 HP (within an overall marine offering from 85 to 1,000 HP with displacements ranging from 3 to 15.9 liters), ideal for powering hulls between 8 and 24 meters.
These are platforms designed with a modular architecture, capable of interfacing with traditional thermal transmissions (ICE) as well as advanced hybrid architectures, allowing designers to develop custom solutions tailored to each hull and enabling FPT Industrial to actively and synergistically participate in new projects with Italian shipyards.

To support reliability at sea, the Brand deploys a widespread network:

• Over 200 dedicated service points throughout the Mediterranean basin
• Over 900 service centers and more than 70 active distributors at major international ports

The weight of the market: inboard drives boost exports

The choice to create a system within the national association intercepts a market where Italy holds an undisputed global leadership: with over 90% of production destined for export, Italian shipbuilding represents about 18% of the overall global market and approaches 31% of the global share in the segment of yachts with inboard engines, the natural core business for FPT’s propulsion solutions.

The distinctive characteristics of the FPT marine engine range have been specifically designed for the recreational boating sector, which demands a standard of excellence, stated Vittorio Bertalli, Head of Sales EMEA at FPT and Confindustria Nautica, of which we are proudly members, represents the ideal context to create and strengthen the industrial synergies at the base of FPT’s success and the further growth of the Italian nautical supply chain, a sector that alone generates added value of 13 billion Euros and nearly 168,000 jobs.

A welcome also highlighted with satisfaction by the association’s leaders:

Quality, innovation, and excellence characterize the Italian nautical industry, strengthening its leadership position in international markets, added Piero Formenti, President of Confindustria Nautica. We are pleased to welcome FPT, a world leader in propulsion systems, to Confindustria Nautica; the experience, technological know-how, and innovation capacity of the Brand represent a significant added value for our logistical and production chain. This new entry confirms the attractiveness and solidity of the Italian nautical sector, demonstrating how essential it is to consolidate synergies among industry leaders to strengthen competitiveness and promote growth in the segment in global markets.