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Article: Firm with a 'family spirit' built a global reputation
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- Plymouth Evening Herald, The
- Article date:
- June 4, 2008
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Originally founded in 1965 as Marine Projects (Plymouth) Ltd,
Princess Yachts International Plc now employs staff at four sites
in Plymouth - at Coypool, Stonehouse, Langage and Lee Mill.
Over the past three decades the company has built up a global
reputation for its high-specification, hand-made yachts, built to
order for some of the world's wealthiest people.
It now has more than 80 model lines, which are sold through a
distribution web spanning the world, and owns and operates from
more than a million square feet of factory facilities.
In 2007, it made sales of pounds195 million. Bosses have said
that a planned growth of 15 per cent is expected this year.
There are 1,935 ...