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Barletta makes acquisition announcement benefitting employees

Earlier this week, Winnebago Industries, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Barletta Pontoon Boats (Barletta). Barletta anticipates the acquisition, which is expected to close in the Fall of 2021, will allow the manufacturer to further accelerate its growth, expand their offerings, and gain greater share of the pontoon boat market segment. On Monday, July ...

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Winnebago Industries to acquire Barletta

Winnebago Industries, Inc. an outdoor lifestyle product manufacturer, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Barletta Pontoon Boats (“Barletta”) for an initial consideration of $255 million in cash and newly-issued Winnebago Industries shares, plus up to $15 million in Winnebago Industries shares upon the achievement of performance milestones at the end of calendar 2021. Certain growth ...

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Barletta set to complete expansion

Barletta Pontoon Boats, located in Bristol, Ind. announced that their new, 146,000 sq. ft. facility is set to go online for production by the end of April 2021. The facility, located on the Barletta Pontoon Boats 37-acre campus, includes 19,000 sq. ft. of office space which will be available for occupation starting in May of 2021. Barletta Pontoon Boats broke ...

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Barletta announces new R&D facility

Barletta Pontoon Boats, located in Bristol, Ind., announced another investment into its future with the addition of a dedicated space for product research and development. Recently, Barletta announced the addition of Josiah Druckenmiller, formerly of Bennington Marine, as their new director of design & development. With current facilities being fully consumed by production, the company says the new space will ...

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Barletta launches C-Class Series for 2020

Barletta Pontoon Boats released the C-Class series to add to their 2020 model year lineup. Designed and developed for the entry-level buyer, the same “DNA” that runs through the Barletta L-Class and E-Class can be found in the new C-Class. The C-Class will round out the Barletta offerings and present a full-line of pontoon boats that meet the high-end, mid-level ...

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Barletta announces partnership with Atwood Lake Boats

Barletta Pontoon Boats of Bristol, Ind. and Atwood Lake Boats located in Mineral City, Ohio have partnered together to bring Barletta Pontoon Boats to another Midwest boating community. Established in 1963, Atwood Lake Boats currently operates two full service marinas on Atwood Lake. Known as Ohio’s largest pontoon boat dealer, Atwood offers the largest selection of pontoon boats in the ...

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Barletta Pontoon Boats goes international with Canadian partnership

Barletta Pontoon Boats, located in Bristol, Ind., and Walkers Point Marina, located in Ontario, Canada, have partnered to take Barletta international. The company continues to assemble its network of exceptional dealers around the country, and is now excited to start adding high-caliber dealers in the Canadian market. “We’ve have a very deliberate approach to adding new dealerships to our network,” ...

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Seattle Boat Company will represent Barletta Pontoon in Northwest

Barletta Pontoon Boats and Seattle Boat Company have agreed to partner together to bring the dream of boat ownership to people in the upper northwest corner of the United States. Since opening in 1984, Seattle Boat Company has become one of the premier marine dealerships located in the heart of some of the world’s finest, most spectacular boating waterways. Seattle ...

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Barletta welcomes local schools for manufacturing days

Eighth-graders learned last week there are good careers available in local industries. Companies partnered with the Horizon Education Alliance to organize industrial tours for nearly 3,000 middle school students in Elkhart County. The week’s effort is being held in conjunction with Manufacturing Day, which actually covers several days. The day usually occurs on the first Friday of October, but because ...

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2018 Boating Industry Bold Moves

By Adam Quandt We’ve profiled our four 2018 Movers & Shakers finalists, however many other industry leaders continue to push and work to grow the boating industry across all segments. The six leaders below are making bold moves to advance boating by growing its customer base, improving technology, bringing industry stakeholders together and raising the bar of professionalism for the ...

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