please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . january 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message azimut benetti s.p.a. industry yacht chartering yacht building founded 1969 headquarters turin italy key people paolo vitelli ceo and president products yachts revenue 701 million usd 2007 1 website official website azimut yachts is an italian yacht manufacturing company based in avigliana in the province of turin . it was established in 1969 by paolo vitelli . 2 the company started with sailing boat chartering later developing into a large luxury yacht building industry . the first major work started with a contract at the ship yard of amerglass a modern dutch shipyard producing boats in fibreglass . the business developed quickly adding the distribution of sailing boats motorcruisers and finally motoryachts from different makers british powles westerly and others . the company currently owns benetti another luxury ship building company . atlantis boat builder was acquired before 2013 and continued producing for the atlantis brand for years but in 2013 azimut atlantis models were on offer . contents 1 yacht range 2 ship building 3 charter 4 references 5 external links yacht range edit azimut 98 leonardo azimut 98 leonardo the company currently has five series of yachts between 34 and 120 feet . additionally there are two market specific ranges brazilian range 42 83 feet based on flybridge collection and dragon series for asian and particular chinese market with 66 flybrigde only . azimut flybridge collection is a most popular series with boats ranging from 42 to 88 feet excluding 100 leonardo that s being phased out and replaced by grande series . all are styled by stefano righini with carlo galeazzi or salvagni architetti as interior designers . 3 azimut s collection of sporty yachts consists of just two models 55s and 77s both using 3 engine layout . 4 in the past range included models like 40s 43s 62s 62s italia edition 68s and 72s . azimut grande collection . flagship yachts from 95rph raised pilot house and 100 to sporty 120sl . 5 azimut magellano collection of semidisplacement yachts 43 76 feet . 6 azimut atlantis collection consists of sporty and high performance cruisers in 34 58 feet range mostly in open form with hard tops . 7 ship building edit the headquarters site houses is a 100 000 square meter facility of offices and the factory which can build 300 boats of up to 68 feet 21 m loa per year . larger yachts are ordered from other larger ship yards in the world . charter edit the company was established for boat chartering and continues to provide this service . references edit financial report mega yacht maker pushes out the boat jorn madslien news.bbc.co.uk 2007 11 18 azimut flybridge collection . azimut . azimut s collection . azimut . azimut grande collection . azimut . azimut magellano collection . azimut . azimut atlantis collection . azimut . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title azimut yachts & oldid 713767259 categories yacht building companiesitalian boat buildersshipbuilding companies of italycompanies based in turinvehicle manufacturing companies established in 19691969 establishments in italyitalian brandshidden categories articles needing additional references from january 2010all articles needing additional referencesarticles with a promotional tone from january 2010all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages magyarportugu ssvenska edit links this page was last modified on 5 april 2016 at 19 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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