The first day of spring will occur on Sunday, March 20, 2022, at 11:33 a.m. EDT for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, which is marked by the arrival of the Vernal (Spring) Equinox and possibly, by the arrival of some long-backordered products.
Milltech Marine, a global leader in marine safety specializing in Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) and communications systems, has announced that it has been acquired by Jason Young, former Global Sales Director for Vesper Marine, a leading manufacturer of AIS solutions.
Navico, a division of Brunswick Corporation’s (NYSE: BC) Advanced Systems Group (ASG), and a leading global marine electronics company with brands including Lowrance®, Simrad®, B&G®, and C-MAP® brands, announced the planned expansion of its Ensenada, Mexico facility which will be completed over the next 16-18 months.
Hella marine has signed SGL Sales & Marketing LLP to represent its high-performance LED boat lighting, used extensively by OEM boatbuilders and retail customers, throughout the Midwest. It also expanded the territory of existing rep group Pac-West Marketing due to the retirement of Scott Morrison of Morrison Marketing.
Last week Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) launched its 2022 Virtual Investor Day on Brunswick.com. The presentation, hosted by members of Brunswick’s senior leadership team, details the Company’s success in rapidly powering-up the Next Wave strategy unveiled at the May 2021 investor meeting…
The Maritime Museum of BC is running their second annual fundraising campaign called “Float the Boat”. This campaign has a goal of $25,000 and will run from March 1 to April 30, 2022. Throughout the campaign the museum will be marking milestones by filling the tank below with water to float the boat higher and higher.
In the February 22nd News Week Digest Editor’s Message, (written in Miami before the 2022 Discover Boating Miami International Boat Show had closed),
Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) has announced that three leaders within the Company have been selected among 100 recipients to receive the Women in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Ahead Award from the Manufacturing Institute for 2022.
In a communication to their members, NMMA Canada announced that the organization had recently submitted comments to Minister Freeland as part of the formal pre-budget consultation.
Nine British Columbians and two organizations are being recognized for outstanding achievements in BC’s marine sector by the Maritime Museum’s annual SS BEAVER Medal Awards. The Lieutenant Governor, the Honourable Janet Austin, OBC, will present the awards at Government House in Victoria on Thursday, March 17, 2022.
New Special Markets Group to Tailor Harman Kardon, Infinity and JBL Brand Audio Equipment to the Boating Industry. HARMAN International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., focused on connected technologies and solutions for automotive, consumer, professional, and enterprise markets…
For the 20th consecutive year, Grady-White Boats was recognized by the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) with the presentation of their 2021 Marine Industry Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) Award in the fibreglass outboard boat division.
Dometic has entered into an agreement to acquire Treeline Capital LLC, a leading provider of value-adding engineered Service & Aftermarket products and Mobile Power Solutions for the North American Marine market under the CDI Electronics and Balmar brands.
For the 15th Consecutive year, Chaparral and Robalo Boats was awarded the NMMA CSI Award for customer satisfaction. Chaparral received the award for the following segments: Sterndrive Bowrider and Fiberglass Outboard boats while Robalo was awarded for Fiberglass Outboard boats.
In a world of diminishing labour resources and the continuing migration of people to major urban areas, we in the boat business need to really rethink how to attract the young people we need to run our cottage country marinas, repair yards and related businesses.
RELiON Battery, a leading global provider of lithium motive batteries for the material handling industry, has announced that the company has entered into an agreement with Hyster-Yale Group, Inc. to sell RELiON lithium deep cycle batteries through authorized Hyster® and Yale® dealers.
Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd. has announced that subsidiary, Yanmar America, has acquired a majority stake in GetMyBoat, the world’s largest boat rental and water experience marketplace, and injected $21M in growth capital as part of the Series B round.
Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), has announced its Avator™ electric outboard concept, representing Mercury’s next step in marine innovation, advanced technology, and engineering.
Following a record year in 2021, Brunswick Corporation (NYSE:BC) began the 2022 saltwater boat show season with an award-winning performance at the Miami International Boat Show.
Three brands across the Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) portfolio – Mercury Marine, CZone and Heyday Wake Boats – each won an NMMA Innovation Award at the 2022 Miami International Boat Show.