The Pearson name makes a boatbuilding comeback
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TPI Composites. Pearson Yachts Div stages a comeback in the boatbuilding market with the relaunch of the Pearson Yachts name by father and son team Everett and Mark Pearson. According to TPI's sales manager Jono Billings, the company decided to buy back the Pearson Yachts name in 1998 in order to have its own line of boats. The Pearson Yachts name dates back to 1957 when Everett Pearson formed the firm with his cousin Clinton Pearson. Billings said the division plans to build 10 or 15 boats per year.
Publication Name: Soundings Trade Only
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0194-8369
Year: 2001
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New head of US Marine suspends boatbuilding
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Brunswick Corp has temporarily suspended all boat production at its US Marine Div to reduce field and plant inventories. The Everett, WA-based division builds Bayliner, the best-selling boat brand in the US, as well as Maxum and Trophy. The decision comes after the appointment of a new president at US Marine, namely Sea Ray Div Pres William J Barrington who replaced John D Russell in late Mar 2001. For most of the previous year, US Marine was plagued by excess inventory problems.
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Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0194-8369
Year: 2001
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Builder trades security for growth
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David Boatworks Inc aims to double production in just one year with its new tools and Jeff Dickinson's equity investment in the company. Dickinson is the president of David Boatworks who became a major investor in the Wachese, NC-based company in 1999. Part of the strategy is abandoning the older models and launching an all new product line with five new models, namely a 45 Express, 50 Express, 50 Sportfisherman, 58 Sportfisherman and the company's flagship 70 Sportfisherman.
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Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0194-8369
Year: 2001
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