The 98th IFAI Expo attracted more than 4,350 verified registered participants from IFAI Expo and 500 scanned leads from CAMX to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center for the three-day event. Attendees had the opportunity to meet with more than 800 different exhibitors, including those from CAMX, hear expert advice at more than 69 educational [...]

In the recent midterm election, North Carolinians voted in favor of adding the Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment to their state constitution. The new amendment provides permanent protections for the state’s anglers, hunters, and sportsmen and women by ensuring that laws regulating hunting and fishing will be genuine conservation efforts based on sound science. [...]

Xtreme Seal LLC, a manufacturer of edge seal products for all types of custom covers, announced a new distributor partnership with George N. Jackson Limited of Winnipeg, Canada. George N. Jackson will be representing Xtreme Seal’s Black, White and Pro Seal products with the intent of representing more products in the future. Xtreme Seal’s products [...]

The Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) has launched an easy-to-use widget that helps bring fishing license and boat registration information to consumers on any site the widget is added to. Users click their state on the map or select it from the drop-down menu to be taken directly to the state agency site to [...]

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has published the fall issue of its Boating Safety Circular newsletter, which includes pertinent information spanning updated outboard engine weights, a new point of contact for manufacturers’ identification codes, a review of model year information, and other USCG news impacting the recreational boating industry. To read the newsletter, click [...]

The Grow Boating Marketing Summit, held at IBEX in Tampa, included a diverse line-up of digital marketing experts who shared their insights with session attendees. These presentations outlined how to effectively market to the next wave of boaters by leveraging digital marketing channels, such as display ads, video, social media, email, search and websites, to [...]

The deadline to submit a project for the 2019 MFA Awards has been extended until Nov. 19. From design excellence to quality workmanship, MFA Fabrication Excellence Awards showcase projects representing the breadth of the industry from tops and covers to interior and exterior upholstery. The MFA awards are open to both MFA members and non-member [...]

IFAI’s Marine Fabricator magazine is looking for expertise from the marine community for its new back-page feature “Fabricator Favorites.” Each issue of the magazine will ask fabricators to share a specific tip, tool, idea or technique. The topic for the January/February 2019 issue is What’s your favorite tool and why? Answers will be published (as [...]

To help drive growth in the industrial and marine markets for North, Central and South America, Serge Ferrari appointed two new market development managers for the Americas. Jesse Pennington will spearhead growth in the industrial segment. He brings 30 years of business and global experience to Serge Ferrari, is fluent in six languages and holds [...]

Torey Heinz, of Teagles Consulting, has a background in small manufacturing jobs shops. This gives him a good sense of how poor workflow and other issues can affect a small shop’s lead times. Shortening lead time is important, Teagle told participants at his Oct. 17 Expo session, because shorter lead times mean increased sales and [...]