Sirena Yachts has expanded its production facilities in Turkey due to the steady growth of both model size and sales volume. Leasing waterside building halls in the shipbuilding center of Yalova, near Istanbul, has added an extra 150,000 square meters of construction space to Sirena’s estate and boosted the workforce to 1,200. The intention is to concentrate production of Sirena’s Steel 42 superyacht there.
“Yalova is an area renowned for its commercial shipbuilding, so it is appropriate that we should be building the new 42 Steel there,” said Chief Operations Officer Ali Onger. “Hot-steel work, such as cutting, bending and welding will all be done by subcontractors on site. The interior fitting-out and outfitting will be done here. The chief advantage is that we can launch our growing range of big yachts directly from the production halls, with no need for transportation to the water’s edge.”
The new Yalova site joins Sirena’s two existing building locations in the…
