The Yanmar organisation, which employs over 16,000 people in more than 130 countries worldwide, has been building diesel engines since 1912, with the continuing design philosophy of "more power and less weight". It produced the first-ever commercially viable small diesel engine, back in 1933.

Yanmar has introduced ever-more energy efficient and economical engines and implements a constant process of research, development and innovation. It is a globally recognised brand, producing diesel engines, which are not only for leisure and commercial boating, but also for farm machinery, construction equipment, refrigeration units and co-generation power systems.

Yanmar has helped lead the way in developing clean emission, low noise, low vibration products that are gentle to the whole environment. "It is our goal to promote the quality of life by providing the machines that use energy with the utmost efficiency and raising agricultural and industrial productivity", according to Takehito Yamaoka, president of Yanmar.