New CEO calls 2001 a pivotal year for OMC

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Outboard Marine Corp's (OMC) new CEO Roger Fix intends to spark the struggling boatbuilder's long-awaited turnaround in 2001. OMC, which is the second-largest boat and engine builder in the US, has experienced a series of setbacks since its change of ownership in 1997. Fix noted that OMC's major problems regarding third-party supplier failures and an order backlog have been resolved. He also said that the low-emission FICHT engine technology that was the source of the company's problems in 1999 has become one of its major strengths.

Strategy & planning, Illinois, Outboard Marine Corp.

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'Get your own style,' Hinckley tells rival builders

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Hinckley Co. has threatened legal action against more than a half dozen boatbuilders for copying its Picnic Boat and Talaria jetboats.

Patents & copyrights, Hinckley Co.

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The new electronics

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The new products introduced by marine electronics manufacturers at the Miami International Boat Show are discussed.

Product introduction, Radio & TV communications equipment, New Products/Services, Hardware, not elsewhere classified, Boating industry, Miami International Boat Show

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