Lurssen is a family-run business that has grown from modest beginnings through just four generations into a premier shipbuilder. It has been built upon core principles: quality, innovation and engineering excellence. These principles remain just as true today. As it celebrates its jubilee, Lurssen prepares to deliver its next step towards a visionary future of yachting.
When Friedrich Lurssen founded Lurssen at just 24 in 1875, he quickly cemented his reputation for building exquisitely tuned rowboats, and later for pioneering the world's first motorboat with a combustion engine together with Gottlieb Daimler.
Those early Lurssen boats were original, stylish, cut from the finest woods, and built to a meticulous standard. Friedrich Lurssen was personally involved from the first cut to the final delivery and famously greeted his team at the gate every morning, without fail. His passion and the precedent he set for quality and performance have become synonymous with Lurssen.
"It is with great pride that I reflect on how Lurssen has evolved into the company it is today," says Peter Lurssen. "We have had one hundred and fifty years marked by trials, challenges and jubilations. There have been storms and successes. However, these success stories do not belong solely to Lurssen as a company. I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to all our employees - past and present - without whom we would not be here, celebrating 150 years."
Values have been passed down from generation to generation, and successes have been earned through the expertise and dedication of its people. Not only is Lurssen a family-run business, but many of its trades and crafts are also generational. It is as much a family company in upper management as it is in its production halls.