Following the recent launch of the second ICON superyacht Florida the company has released a statement in regards to changes in the management:
Jen Wartena - new Managing Director at ICON Yachts
“With the completion of Project Florida coming nearer, ICON Yachts BV is ending the pioneer phase and will now consolidate the internal organisation and build further on the platform philosophy. For this new phase, Wim Koersvelt, who stood at ICON Yachts’ cradle, has relinquished his day-to-day involvement to the management team, but will continue in an advisory capacity.
The shareholders of ICON Yachts have appointed Jen Wartena, who has been co-director from the initial phase, as general manager. New Project Development becomes the responsibility of Stephan Vitus.”
Jen Wartena studied at the Delft Technical University and started his career at one of the commercial ship builders in the Netherland’s northern province Groningen. Here his talents were recognised and Jen was given the opportunity and freedom to organise the construction of a series of tankers in a non-traditional manner. He introduced modular construction principles, extensive use 3-modeling tools and moved inefficient man-hours away from the ship into efficient workshops.Then, to broaden his horizons, Jen worked from 2000 through 2004 at one of Holland’s leading yacht builders, where he was responsible for improving operational and production management procedures. Jen and Wim are passionate about their chosen profession and are motivated to make ICON Yachts a new industry leader. This dedication and drive is reflected in the organisation of the company around a key team of Technical Specialists each with matching knowledge and enthusiasm about a specific aspect yacht- and ship building construction process.
The foundation of the Icon Yachts shipyard was laid in the year 2005. Based in Netherlands, Icon Yachts’ motive is to build ultimate luxury yachts, according to the exacting demands of the yacht owners and buyers. Icon Yachts is dedicated to building yachts of the highest quality and standards. The company allows its customers to choose every aspect of the yacht with the help of its expert guidelines. Mostly, all the Icon yachts variants use the same “optimised” platform and share the same design below the waterline – the design that has been tested in all types of weather and critical conditions. As a result of this super production process, Icon Yachts have greatly reduced the manufacturing time and cost and increased the shipyard’s efficiency to produce motor yachts and super yachts with the finest luxury.
ICON YACHTS Yacht Florida launched in 2010
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