Volvo Penta signs agreement with Garmin

 

Volvo Penta signs agreement with Garmin

AB Volvo Penta and Garmin Ltd have entered into a joint development and
marketing strategic alliance to provide instrumentation, navigation and
communication equipment for marine use.
As a result, Volvo Penta will strengthen its position as a world-leading
supplier of integrated propulsion systems in the marine industry.

Boat builders and end users in the marine industry are looking for
increasingly complete and integrated system solutions for the entire
chain from propeller to antenna. AB Volvo Penta and the Swiss company,
Garmin Ltd, will create unique opportunities to comply with these
customer requirements.
As a result of this strategic alliance, Volvo Penta and Garmin will
jointly develop marine instrumentation, navigation, and communication
equipment, which will be marketed in a complete customer offer for fully
integrated drive systems and instruments.
This strategic alliance will make Volvo Penta the world-leading
"One-Stop Shop" in the marine industry for engines, drivelines and
system solutions for instruments and navigation, thereby creating
important advantages for boat builders, dealers and end users.
"The Volvo Penta and Garmin strategic alliance  will provide our mutual
 customers access to
state-of-the-art communication technology and a complete programme of
multifunctional instruments which will significantly strengthen our
world-leading position when it comes to complete, integrated drive
systems for boats," says Göran Gummeson, President of Volvo Penta.

“Garmin is honored to work with Volvo Penta,” said Cliff Pemble,
Garmin's President and COO. “This alliance allows Volvo Penta and Garmin
to seamlessly combine the strengths of both companies to offer
market-leading integrated system solutions that are of the best design
and highest quality.”
As electronic systems continue to gain ground in the marine sector, the
propulsion system in boats is being increasingly integrated in the
driver's environment. Volvo Penta is linking engines and transmissions
with instruments, controls and accessories in the electronic platform
known as EVC, Electronic Vessel Control.
Using this electronic platform, Volvo Penta has been able to deliver
products including the
joystick and the Dynamic Positioning System, making boating easier and
more convenient for
the end user.
Together with Garmin's innovative instrumentation, communication, and
navigation solutions,
Volvo Penta will now be able to create an even better driver's
environment, with a strong focus
on comfort and user friendliness.
"Driving a boat should be easy. It should be enough simply to press the
start button to power
the entire system - in much the same way as a passenger car. The better
we are at offering
technology that simplifies boating, the greater our potential to attract
new customer groups,"
adds Göran Gummeson.
Volvo Penta's and Garmin's joint products will be introduced
successively, starting in 2012.

February 21, 2011

 

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For further information please contact Mats Edenborg, AB Volvo Penta,
Phone: +46 705 663510  or E-mail: mats.edenborg@volvo.com