1976 founder jean fran ois fountaine marc pajot headquarters aigrefeuille d aunis france products catamarans number of employees 430 website www.fountaine pajot.com fountaine pajot is a maritime construction company that specialises in catamarans both for leisure and sea use . the company was founded in 1976 by jean fran ois fountaine and yves pajot in the town of aigrefeuille d aunis in charente maritime . this company is a significant producer of cruising catamarans . it also now has a factory at la rochelle . contents 1 a modern business 2 innovation 3 models 3.1 less than 30 feet 3.2 30 feet 3.3 40 feet 3.4 50 feet 3.5 60 feet or more 4 see also 5 references 6 external links a modern business edit fontaine pajot made its home at aigrefeuille d aunis and has become the first in the world for cruise catamarans . 1 the company started on an industrial estate in aigrefeuille d aunis and today is the largest employer in the town with about 250 employees . but the group as a whole has about 430 . 2 it started to make public transport catamarans in 1983 or to put it another way french depuis cette date l entreprise a cr 21 mod les et livr 1 668 catamarans dans le monde entier since then we have made 668 of them in 21 different models 2 nowadays it makes between 150 and 180 boats a year both sailing catamarans and powered ones . 3 it made the catamarans for the experimental service along the river seine the vogu o. innovation edit the company tries always to stay ahead of the competition and lead the field . it has a research and development department and continues to lead in the field of catamarans . it invented a unique process of making boat hulls by injection moulding . 4 models edit less than 30 feet edit corneel 26 1985 30 feet edit maldives 32 1988 greenland 34 1998 motor yacht tobago 35 1993 highland 35 2005 motor yacht mahe 36 2006 louisiane 37 1983 antigua 37 1990 athena 38 1994 fidji 39 1988 40 feet edit summerland 40 2007 motor yacht lavezzi 40 2003 lipari 41 2009 venezia 42 1992 casamance 43 1985 belize 43 2000 cumberland 44 2004 motor yacht orana 44 2009 helia 44 2012 bahia 46 1997 cumberland 47 2013 motor yacht salina 48 2010 50 feet edit saba 50 2015 marquises 53 1991 queensland 55 2010 motor yacht marquises 56 1992 sanya 57 2010 ipanema 58 2014 60 feet or more edit eleuthera 60 2009 galathea 65 2011 victoria 67 2013 taiti 80 1996 see also edit list of multihulls aigrefeuille d aunis la rochelle references edit fountaine pajot la r volution du polyester the fontaine pajot company the revolution in polyester a b le cap des 50 millions . sud ouest . 16 april 2008 . magazine l expansion 741 . may 2009 . chapter ignored help . sud ouest eco charente maritime . 1 december 2006 . p. 6 . line feed character in title at position 191 help catamarans cot s en bourse catamarans are listed on the stock exchange . sud ouest . 18 june 2007 . external links edit french english spanish german italian official website this french corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fountaine pajot & oldid 693994174 categories catamaransshipbuilding companies of francefrench company stubshidden categories articles containing french language textcs1 errors chapter ignoredcs1 errors invisible charactersarticles with french language external linksarticles with spanish language external linksarticles with german language external linksarticles with italian language external linksuse dmy dates from september 2011all stub articles 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 deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 6 december 2015 at 11 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view