Aksìa Acquires Amare Group as MHI Builds Premium Yacht Components Platform

Aksìa SGR has completed the acquisition of 100 per cent of Amare Group through MHI Group, its industrial platform for premium marine components. The transaction brings Amare alongside Seasmart and gives MHI a broader product base aimed directly at yacht and superyacht builders.

MHI Group broadens its yacht-components platform

The deal is the first add-on acquisition in the marine-components strategy launched after Aksìa acquired Seasmart in November 2025. MHI is being developed as a multi-product platform rather than a single-brand manufacturer, with the group seeking scale while keeping the specialist identities of its operating companies.

Amare adds portlights and glazing systems, gangways, kinematic and hydraulic equipment and wireless automation to a portfolio that already includes Seasmart's premium deck hardware. Aksìa says the combination should create cross-selling opportunities, support new product categories and allow engineering, production, marketing and after-sales capabilities to be shared more effectively.

Amare retains its brand and management

Founded in 2012, Amare Group operates between Modena and Isernia and supplies high-end marine components to Italian and international shipyards. Its manufacturing base gives MHI additional production capacity while extending the platform into systems that sit across both exterior and onboard yacht functions.

Founder Michele Benvenuto Preziuso is reinvesting in the enlarged project and will continue to lead Amare Group as chief executive officer. That continuity matters because Aksìa is presenting the acquisition as an industrial partnership rather than an absorption of the Amare identity into a single consolidated brand.

Consolidation moves deeper into the supply chain

MHI intends to strengthen international sales and develop the refit and service channel as the combined businesses grow. For shipyards, a broader supplier able to combine glazing, access systems, hydraulics, automation and deck hardware could reduce the number of separate specialist relationships required on complex new-build and refit programmes.

The transaction also reflects a wider consolidation trend around the companies supplying the yacht industry rather than only the shipyards building the vessels. Specialist manufacturers can retain their engineering focus while gaining access to investment, shared commercial networks and larger production resources through an industrial platform.

Aksìa says further organic investment and acquisitions are planned for MHI Group as it adds complementary marine-component categories. Amare is therefore positioned as the first expansion step after Seasmart, rather than the final shape of the platform.