Accessory-Ready from Taco Metals allows boat owners to add, change and adjust rod holders and other cockpit accessories. Precision splines are welded in place and can be adjusted and rotated with an Allen wrench. Adapters for adding standard accessories like lights, drink holders, radar domes and cutting boards are also available. SOURCE Taco Metals

Privacy glass from Taylor Made Systems uses polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) technology that changes from transparent to translucent with the push of a button. When switched on, the glass diffuses light, providing privacy. SOURCE Taylor Made Systems

STIDD Systems Inc.’s line of Adimiral helm seating features ergonomic designs and fully motorized adjustments. The seats can be upholstered with the customer’s own materials, or UltraLeather or Spinneybeck leather. Hardware on the Admiral seats includes polished chrome with stainless steel hardware, or powdercoated in 62 standard or custom colors. SOURCE STIDD Systems Inc.

Abbeon Cal Inc.’s AZTC-20 Electronic Thermocutter cuts materials cleanly without crimping, serrating or unraveling. Operator fatigue is reduced since the thermocutter weighs only 11½ ounces, whereas other similar brands weigh more than two pounds. The reduced weight is attributed to high-tech electronics, which replace the transformer so the handle doesn’t get hot. The cutter features [...]

The exclusive Sunbrella Mayfield Collection available from Tri Vantage now includes six new patterns and color combinations to its designer awning and canopy line. The new stripes and solids hold their quality and color integrity, even under intense sunglight and weather conditions, while remaining soft, manageable, water repellent and durable. SOURCE Tri Vantage

Tri Vantage now carries performance vinyl Herculite Riviera Marine Fabric. Herculite Riviera is suitable for bimini tops, enclosure curtains, cockpit and boat covers and still retains a soft hand. Even though the fabric is lightweight, strength and durability is achieved through a reinforced inner core woven from high-strength polyester yarn. An exclusive topcoating prolongs the [...]

Canvas Experts Inc., Ocean City, Md. This project, which won an Award of Excellence in the full covers 27 feet and up category of the 2009 MFA Awards, featured a full complete cover to protect the boat during travel and storage. Sixteen templates were patterned to create this job. It took nine and a half [...]

Mikes Marine Custom Canvas, Virginia Beach, Va. This project, which won an Outstanding Achievement Award in the full covers under 27 feet category of the 2009 MFA Awards, involved a full t-top cover that attaches with a track at the top, snaps at the rubrail underneath, and quick release buckles and straps at the stern. [...]

The Leonardo Academy, a nonprofit organization promoting sustainability among competitive businesses, has certified the global operations of Milliken & Co. in Spartanburg, S.C., as carbon negative. Reducing its contribution to global climate change has been one of Milliken’s goals, and the Leonardo Academy performed an analysis of the company’s emission inventories, offsets and reduction credits [...]

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has accredited the Hohenstein Institute as an independent testing laboratory, which entitles the institute to test toys and textiles destined for U.S. markets for compliance with legally set lead limits. The Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act 16 CFR Part 1303 requires manufacturers and importers in the United States to [...]