“Best Sustainable Product Award” at Cannes Yachting Festival 2026
Suzuki’s anodizing treatment technology for outboard motors, “Edge-eCoat”,
has won the “Best Sustainable Product Award” in the “Innovation Route Award”
at the Cannes Yachting Festival 2026, held in France in September. The award
is presented to products and technologies that not only reduce environmental
impact but also combine technological innovation and practicality. This marks
the first time Suzuki has won this award.
“Edge-eCoat” which Suzuki developed, is the world’s first* surface treatment
technology that applies an anodizing process to mass-produced outboard motor
engine parts. Since outboard motors draw in seawater to cool the engine,
corrosion-resistant treatment is required for the cooling water passages. By
applying a uniform anodizing process to the engine components through which
cooling water passes, “Edge-eCoat” achieves high corrosion resistance against seawater. Also, it reduces CO2 emissions during the manufacturing process by
approximately 68% compared to painting processes for improving corrosion
resistance, contributing to the realization of carbon neutrality.
Suzuki began adopting “Edge-eCoat” on the DF140B outboard motor in
August 2024, with sales commencing in September of the same year.
Currently, the technology has also been adopted for the DF140BG, DF115BG,
DF115B, and DF100C, and it will progressively be adopted to other models’
specifications as well.
Comment from Shuichi Mishima, Managing Officer, Executive General
Manager, Marine Operations
“We are deeply honored that ‘Edge-eCoat’ has received the ‘Best Sustainable
Product Award’ at the Cannes Yachting Festival. We believe this award
recognizes the innovation of our Manufacturing Engineering, which, under
Suzuki’s deep-rooted “Yaramaika” spirit, realized the unprecedented challenge of
applying anodizing to engine components in mass-produced outboard motors,
achieving both superior corrosion resistance and a reduction in environmental
impact during the manufacturing process. Suzuki will continue to deliver
valuable products to our customers while actively engaging in technological
development toward the realization of a sustainable marine environment.”
*1 Based on Suzuki research as of October 2026
