Volvo Penta

Volvo Penta is a company within the Volvo Group. It provides engines and complete drive systems for leisure boats, commercial vessels, power generators, and industrial applications.

Volvo Penta operates worldwide, has one of the strongest brands in the industry and has more than 4,000 dealers the largest dealer network worldwide. The engine range includes marine diesel engines and gasoline engines with outputs from 10 to 800 hp. Some of these engines are not developed by Volvo Penta itself, but from other manufacturers purchased (for example, Perkins, Kubota and Deutz AG).

With some of his many innovations, such as the Z- drive and the corrosion-resistant aluminum with counter-rotating twin propellers Volvo Penta Marine made ​​history. With its new IPS propulsion system for yachts up to 100 feet Volvo Penta has developed in recent years, a new drive system. It has front-facing twin propellers, individually controlled actuators, and is controlled by joystick.

History

Volvo Penta was founded as an independent company in connection with the development of the first marine engine, the B1, in 1907. The company Penta quickly became an established engine manufacturers and produced from 1927, the first engines for Volvo automobiles. Volvo Penta acquired the works in 1935, since then Volvo Penta is part of the Volvo Group; also to the acquisitions part of Archimedes, one of the pioneers in the production of outboard motors.

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