In 1972, Neptune was founded in The Netherlands as a luxury yacht builder. After a few years, the family-owned company started manufacturing workboats next to the luxury yachts. The knowledge of shipbuilding, and the understanding of meeting the highest quality standards and customer demands, can be seen in every vessel being built by Neptune. The construction of workboats turned out to be a success, and in 2001, the family decided to focus on workboats. Yacht building has been separated from workboats, and the name was changed to Elling Luxury Yachts.