Volvo Penta has delivered the 10,000th IPS system since its launch in 2005.
The introduction of the Volvo Penta IPS (Inboard Performance System), the world's first pod system, meant a fundamental change in the marine industry.
With unique technical solutions, Volvo Penta developed a propulsion system that created totally new conditions for boats that until then were equipped with traditional straight shafts.
The key to success is the forward-facing propellers and the individually steerable drive units. These, combined with the system's other advantages, provide the boat superior efficiency and improved features in virtually all areas: fuel consumption, performance, comfort, onboard space, manoeuvrability and installation. And with the joystick, which makes docking and close quarter manoeuvring much easier, boating has become accessible to entirely new customer groups.
Most of the world's leading boat builders quickly adopted the new propulsion system and currently IPS is featured in more than 250 boat models from builders around the world.
"This is more than the most optimistic calculations we had at launch," says Göran Gummeson, President and CEO of Volvo Penta. "But the advantages with the new system, particularly environmentally, are overwhelming and the industry quickly realised it."
Volvo Penta has continued to develop the IPS concept and this year is unveiling a new and more powerful unit linked to Volvo's eleven-litre engine, which means that increasingly more and larger boats can now gain access to all the advantages of the IPS system.
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