Advanced Textiles Expo 2024 registration now open

April 9th, 2024

Registration is now open for Advanced Textiles Expo 2024. This year’s show takes place Sept. 24–26, 2024, with education from happening Sept. 23–Sept-26, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. This event brings together more than 4,500 decisions makers in the advanced textiles, specialty fabrics and shade and weather protection industries for three-plus days […]

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ABYC announces agenda for upcoming symposium

February 7th, 2024

The American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) has unveiled the comprehensive agenda for its sixth Marine Law Symposium, scheduled to start on Feb. 29, 2024. This event, available in-person in Annapolis, Md., or online, offers a hybrid participation format. Developed for marine industry professionals such as surveyors, manufacturers, insurance agents, lawyers, and compliance officers, this […]

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Tecsew will host European Marine Canvas Get-Together

February 6th, 2024

Tecsew Ltd, a boat cover maker in Lee-on-the-Solent, England, is hosting a European Marine Canvas Get-Together Sept. 23-25, 2024. Despite being called a European event, participants will be coming from as far away as Brazil, Australia, Israel and the United States, in addition to many coming from various locations in Europe. The event will include […]

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New ATA podcast features marine fabricators

February 5th, 2024

Host and marine fabricator Kyle VanDamme, MFC, co-owner of Marine Tops Unlimited Inc., sat down with Keith Purves, MFC, of Trivantage, Jeff Newkirk, MFC, Precision Custom Canvas, and Johannes Lombard, marketing manager for Canvas Designers, recently at the Marine Fabricators Conference in St. Pete Beach, Fla. The guests shared stories from their different backgrounds—from what […]

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2024 Minneapolis Innovation Award winners announced

January 24th, 2024

The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) and Boating Writers International (BWI) announced the winners of the 2024 Minneapolis Innovation Awards, recognizing groundbreaking new consumer marine products, at the Discover Boating® Minneapolis Boat Show held January 18-22. The Minneapolis Innovation Awards honor manufacturers and suppliers who bring new, innovative products in the boating industry to market […]

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Coral reef off southeast U.S. covers area larger than Vermont

January 23rd, 2024

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Submit a presentation proposal to Advanced Textiles Expo 2024

January 22nd, 2024

Now is the time to submit a presentation proposal to share your expertise with thousands of industry leaders at Advanced Textiles Expo 2024 taking place Sept. 24-26 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. Advanced Textiles Expo, formerly known as IFAI Expo, is the premier industrial, specialty and advanced textiles event in the U.S., […]

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U.S. boat sales cool following COVID-era demand surge

January 17th, 2024

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2024 boat show season kicks off in Atlanta, Boston and Chicago

January 9th, 2024

Kicking off the 2024 winter boat show season, in partnership with Progressive Insurance®, are the Discover Boating Chicago Boat Show and Discover Boating New England Boat Show, both running January 10-14, and the Discover Boating Atlanta Boat Show, running January 11-14. The 2024 Discover Boating boat show schedule is as follows: Discover Boating® Chicago Boat […]

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American Boating Congress wraps up in D.C.

May 16th, 2023

The 2023 American Boating Congress (ABC) included three days of policy conversations, panel discussions, marine industry updates, conversations with members of Congress and a day spent on Capitol Hill advocating on behalf of the recreational marine industry. The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) and its industry partners, sponsors and co-hosts welcomed more than 250 recreational […]

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