Advanced Composites
What once was strictly reserved for high dollar military and aerospace applications, advanced composite techniques have made their way into a wide variety of industries. As the economics of these applications became more in line with end user price points, industries such as wind, transportation and marine have now fully embraced the advantages that come […]
Fresh Water Fishing Report – Q2 2020
What a crazy couple of months it has been. I hope that most of you were able to take this down time to better yourself in some way. I want to say thank you to all the volunteers, nurses, doctors, EMTs, firefighters and police officers around this country who have been putting in the long […]
NEW MODEL DESIGN CONTINUES – Boating is Booming
Since the opening of the Marine Design & Engineering Center in late January, the world has undergone a major transformation. While COVID-19 shuttered businesses during the months of March and April, May saw many businesses reopen and everyday life start to return to some sense of normalcy. Families have had to cancel vacations, sporting event […]
Employee of the Quarter – Cape Coral
Valentin is the truck driver for Cape Coral and well deserves employee of the quarter. In addition to transporting material / parts between CC and SRQ as needed and sometimes at a moment’s notice he also performs a series of other duties. He keeps our A/C units and filters clean, fire extinguishers and eye wash […]
Employee of the Quarter – Sarasota
Sam Collier is a 5 generation boat builder dating back to the early 1800’s. Sam’s great, great grandfather William T Collier founded the village of Marco Island Florida in 1870 and William Collier’s son “Capt Bill” Collier opened the first hotel now known as the Old Marco Inn and provided the first ferry and cargo service to the island. Sam’s dad Bruce Sr. was chief designer for Wellcraft Marine for many years and brother Chris and late brother Doug have been successful boat designers and builders for most of their lives, with Chris now the chief designer with Chris Craft Boats in Sarasota.
We Paint Too
Over the years we have always been focused on adding necessary skillsets to provide broader and broader services for our customers. What once started as a shop solely focused on lofting marine plugs and building molds has grown into a turnkey operation. Engineering has grown to a full design and engineering operation taking napkin sketches and turning them into actual product. Mold making has expanded past the marine market making almost any type of composite mold for nearly unlimited composite applications.
Plexus
ITW Performance Polymers is seeing a trend where OEM assemblers in Marine, Transportation and Industrial markets are moving towards high performance Plexus® structural adhesives versus using traditional joining methods.
FRESH WATER FISHING REPORT – Q1 2020
This is my favorite time of year. Early spring in Florida is beautiful and the fishing is fantastic. We still get hit with good hard cold fronts that linger for a few days and the fishing gets tough but neither the weather nor the poor fishing lasts long. Bass are normally in all three stages of the spawn and you can catch them on whatever you want to throw.
SALT WATER FISHING REPORT – Q1 2020
This is my favorite time of year. Early spring in Florida is beautiful and the fishing is fantastic. We still get hit with good hard cold fronts that linger for a few days and the fishing gets tough but neither the weather nor the poor fishing lasts long.
EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR – CAPE CORAL
Elmer Barrios is a great team member in Cape Coral, always going above and beyond with a smile on his face, which is why he is so deserving of the recognition as the Employee of the Year for Cape Coral.