On November 17, 2022, Yamaha Marine announced that it will begin using certain parts in some 2024 personal watercraft and sport boat engines that are made from a new material. It’s a plant-derived, cellulose nanofiber-reinforced resin product, which comes from a collaboration between Yamaha Motor and Nippon Paper Industries Corporation.
We’re not BoatApart, so why are we telling you about this? Quite simply, because, in Yamaha’s own words, “Yamaha Motor is examining the utilization of CNF reinforced resin not only in marine products but also in motorcycles and a wide range of other products in the future.”
