Kanvaslight® by Guardtex is an illuminating fabric that can be used in applications like bimini tops, seating, awnings and sunshades. The UL-certified technology allows textile structures to be used as a broad lighting surface. The two-component system, a light injector and an illuminating fabric, is designed so that no electricity is flowing through the fabric. [...]

Organizers of the 2023 Marine Fabricators Conference, which will be held Jan. 26-28, 2023, at the Sheraton New Orleans, in New Orleans, La., are looking for conference speakers. Speaker proposals must be free of commercial content, and conference organizers are especially interested in educational sessions that provide hands-on demonstrations covering topics such as patterning, business [...]

The annual Captain’s Table Gala at the Atlantic City Boat Show on Thursday, March 3, hosted 790 guests and raised more than $55,000. Hosted by Let Us Eat, Please Inc. and the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, the Gala’s fundraiser will provide 165,000 meals, feeding 800 families of children at New Jersey schools who have [...]

Allison Lemasters of Malibu Boats LLC, Nicole McDonald and Brenna Preisser of Brunswick Corporation and Wendy Scholler of Mercury Marine have received the Manufacturing Institute's 2022 STEP Ahead Awards. From the factory floor to the C-suite, the STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering, Production) Ahead Awards honor women who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in their careers [...]

The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA), the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) and the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas (MRAA) recently worked with Left Brain Marketing to field a comprehensive study on individuals who purchased a boat in 2020 or 2021. Learn about the key takeaways from this study in an upcoming industry [...]

The 2022 Discover Boating® Miami International Boat Show®, held Feb. 16-20, 2022, at the Miami Beach Convention Center and Downtown Miami, attracted 100,000 visitors across six locations and featured thousands of new boats, luxury yachts and boating and marine products. This was the first iteration of the Discover Boating Miami International Boat Show–a joint production [...]

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced nearly $450 million in newly available grant funding for port-related projects through the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP)—by far the largest investment in the program ever. These grants will help ports expand capacity and improve the movement of goods through the nation’s supply chains. The announcement [...]

Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week, running Feb. 28-March 4, 2022, draws attention to Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS), aquatic organisms that invade ecosystems beyond their natural, historic range and whose introduction can cause significant economic and environmental damage to regions. The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) continues to be an active partner to outdoor recreation and [...]

The marine fabrication business often seems like a business of nothing but problems. Supply chain bottlenecks, a lack of employees, demanding customers and too little time to address the ever-growing waitlist. But it’s also a business filled with problem solvers. That’s the beauty of working with marine fabricators: they find ways to excel despite, and [...]

Are you dogged by missteps? Do you perceive your mistakes as creative opportunities or simply as failures? Are the challenges of custom work creating stress in the rest of your life? And finally, where do you as a fabricator find purpose in your life? I can’t speak for everyone, but I discover mine in every [...]