Zyvex Marine is a division of

Zyvex Technologies Zyvex Technologies (formerly Zyvex Performance Materials, ZPM) is a molecular engineering company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Zyvex Technologies focuses on developing advanced materials, including prepreg, epoxy resins, and adhesives. Histo ...

, a

molecular engineering Molecular engineering is an emerging field of study concerned with the design and testing of molecular properties, behavior and interactions in order to assemble better materials, systems, and processes for specific functions. This approach, in whi ...

company. Zyvex Marine develops boats that use Zyvex Technologies' proprietary

nanomaterials * Nanomaterials describe, in principle, materials of which a single unit is sized (in at least one dimension) between 1 and 100 nm (the usual definition of nanoscale). Nanomaterials research takes a materials science-based approach to n ...

History

Zyvex Marine was formally announced as a division of Zyvex Technologies on November 4, 2011. It is headquartered in Bothell, Washington. Zyvex Marine launched its first production boat on November 4, 2011. In 2009, prior to becoming a formal division, Zyvex Marine created the world's first commercialized carbon nanotube enhanced (CNTe) carbon fiber prototype vessel called the 540SE. It was designed to offer a 75% reduction in fuel consumption costs based on lightweight nanomaterials used in its hull design. In 2010, it created the first prototype vessel called the

Piranha Unmanned Surface Vessel The Piranha Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV or unmanned surface vehicle) is a watercraft developed by Zyvex Marine (a division of Zyvex Technologies, formerly Zyvex Performance Materials) in 2010. The boat is 54 feet in length and weighs just 8,000&nb ...

, which is a 54-foot (16.4 meter) boat made out of the same lightweight nanomaterials as the 540SE. In 2011, Zyvex shipped its first production craft, a 54-foot lightweight boat.

Vessels

Piranha

The

is a 54-foot (16.4 meter) vessel created out of lightweight nanomaterials. It was announced on February 19, 2010. The first Piranha began construction in February 2010 and was completed and initiating sea trials by October 2010. The Piranha concluded approximately 6 months and 600

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of sea trials in Washington state and Oregon state on April 4, 2011.

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