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During its 45th Expedition, OCEARCH, a global non-profit ocean research organization, recently tagged and named a new white shark in honor of its relationship with Yamaha Rightwaters™. “Umi,” which translates to “sea/ocean” in Japanese, is a 13-foot, 3-inch female weighing approximately 1,225 pounds. OCEARCH will track Umi through the Global Shark Tracker™ in an effort to learn more about how white sharks contribute to healthier oceans. This press release features multimedia. View the full relea
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First Investment from the Yamaha Motor Sustainability Fund
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Yamaha Marine U.S. Business Unit will soon begin to use plant-derived cellulose nanofiber (CNF) reinforced resin in the production of specific watercraft parts. The CNF reinforced resin, developed through a collaborative agreement between Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. in Japan (“Yamaha Motor”) and Nippon Paper Industries Corporation, Ltd., represents what appears to be one of the world’s first practical use of sustainable material for watercraft parts.* This press release features multimedia. View the
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Soundings Trade Only recognized Yamaha as one of the Top 10 Most Innovative companies in the marine industry for the Yamaha Rightwaters sustainability program. Editor-in-Chief Gary Reich made the announcement during a special online awards ceremony on Oct. 21. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221025005594/en/ (Graphic: Business Wire) Now in its fifth year, The Most Innovative Company awards program honors forward-thinkin
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Yamaha Rightwaters™ continues its support of the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, Mass., by helping the marine rescue organization repower a boat with new 300-horsepower outboards. The F300s will power the twin-engine Ibis, a whale disentanglement vessel used to assist with several research and rescue programs in the Cape Cod Bay area. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221017005256/en/ New Yamaha F300 outboards
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Yamaha becomes the new official outboard of OCEARCH® as the renowned research organization forms a new relationship with Yamaha Rightwaters™. Through the three-year agreement, OCEARCH will power its chase boats with Yamaha outboards. The first boat will have twin 300-horsepower Yamaha V6 Offshore outboards, while two additional boats will have Yamaha F150 and F60 power. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220803005067/en/ Y
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Yamaha Rightwaters™ announced it's the official outboard of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust® (BTT). With this sponsorship, Yamaha is committed to BTT’s mission to conserve bonefish, tarpon and permit—the species, their habitats and the larger fisheries they comprise. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220627005393/en/ Yamaha Rightwaters™ announced it's the official outboard of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust® (BTT). With this spon
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Valhalla Boatworks is the most recent addition to the list of boat manufacturers currently recycling plastic protective covers through the Yamaha Rightwaters plastics recycling program. To date, the program, which launched in August 2021, is responsible for returning 17,911 pounds of Polyethylene and Polypropylene sheet plastics back into base materials, reducing the amount of plastics in U.S. waterways. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire
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Yamaha Rightwaters recently joined forces with Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s® Harte Research Institute and the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA®) to initiate a new conservation project designed to evaluate the role of oyster reefs in capturing and storing carbon in St. Charles Bay in the Gulf of Mexico. The ultimate goal is to then potentially scale the program to a larger scope. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/new
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Yamaha U.S. Marine Business Unit executives joined 225 representatives from the boating and fishing industries in Washington D.C. for the 2022 American Boating Congress (ABC), May 11-13. During the three-day event, Yamaha leaders conducted 70 meetings on Capitol Hill educating legislators about the challenges of electrification in boating, the need to support research and approval of biofuels, and requesting improved labeling for E15 fuel through the Consumer Protection and Fuel Transparency Act
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Wounded Nature–Working Veterans, a non-profit group dedicated to the removal of debris from hard-to-reach coastal areas, has a new V MAX SHO® 115 outboard on the back of the organization’s 18-foot SeaArk aluminum work boat thanks to support from Yamaha Rightwaters. Technicians from Yamaha Marine University™ also rigging service resources and equipped the boat with Siren Marine technology. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/2
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Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7272) announced today that the Company will supply Subaru Tecnica International Inc. (STI) with electric motor units for the STI E-RA EV it is developing for future motorsport. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220113005036/en/ Same type of electric motor unit mounted on the STI E-RA CONCEPT (Photo: Business Wire) The STI E-RA is being developed by STI with the aim of gaining experience and p
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The Yamaha Rightwaters plastics recycling program returned more than 10,000 pounds of Polyethylene and Polypropylene sheet plastics back to base materials during 2021, proving a pilot concept the sustainability initiative hopes to expand in 2022. Yamaha Rightwaters announced the program in August and continues to work with Nexus® of Atlanta, Georgia and Tommy Nobis Enterprises® of Marietta, Georgia, to develop a larger national program intended to reduce plastic waste in America’s waterways. “Po
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The Yamaha Rightwaters sustainability initiative expands overseas as Yamaha Motor Australia announces plans to build on the company’s commitment to marine conservation by forming a strategic alliance with clean technology start-up Seabin™, its first Yamaha Rightwaters initiative. Yamaha Motor Australia joins the Australian-founded company as a major sponsor of the world’s first “100 Smarter Cities for Cleaner Oceans” campaign in Sydney. “At Yamaha, we are all passionate about boating and the lon
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Topic at Kenai Classic Roundtable on Recreational Fishing
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Achieves Effective Usage of Waste Heat, Largest Footprint and Highest Power Output in the Industry
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Ultimate Software announced today it has been named a top-scoring company on the 2019 Disability Equality Index by Disability:IN.
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Yamaha U.S. Marine Business Unit and Clearwater Mills, L.L.C. of Pasadena, Md., agreed today to jointly design a device for removing plastics and other floating debris from coastal stormwater systems. Yamaha plans to deploy the device as part of its Yamaha Rightwaters™ sustainability campaign, a national program focused on water, which includes conservation, habitat restoration and projects to reduce marine debris. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.b
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Ultimate Software announced today that Fortune and Great Place to Work have ranked Ultimate #8 on their 2019 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For.
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Ultimate Software announced today that the company has been named to Forbes magazine’s America’s Best Employers for Diversity 2019 list.
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26 Colombian Children Who Fought Against Discrimination and Prejudice
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Yamaha donated five F40 four-stroke outboards to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA®) National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) Protected Resource Division (PRD), which is the most recent initiative in a long-term effort by Yamaha to protect marine life and encourage conservation on the Calif. Coast. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180816005031/en/ Pacific Marine Mammal Center and SeaWorld volunteers use newly-
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Yamaha Marine Group today announced a new marine plastics removal program in support of the Save Our Seas Act (S. 756), which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 25, 2018. The bill aims to strengthen research and international coordination of anti-debris efforts to protect America’s oceans, coastlines, and inland waterways. The Yamaha Marine Plastics Initiative not only endorses the bill, but aims to raise awareness and advocacy for the issue of ocean plastics and for further
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Yamaha Marine Group announced today the donation of two F90 outboards to the Stevenson, Ala. Fire Department, and one F150 outboard to the Bridgeport, Ala. Fire Department. Both fire departments will use the donated outboards to assist in search and rescue on the Tennessee River and surrounding lakes. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171128005896/en/ “Our Yamaha Marine test facility is in Bridgeport, and we are proud to s