Tag Archives: Marine Concepts

Former MasterCraft CEO joins Marine Concepts

Kanbrick has announced the appointment of Terry McNew as CEO of Marine Concepts, a marine aftermarket platform. McNew previously served as CEO of MasterCraft. He led notable acquisitions, including Crest and NauticStar, while also launching the Aviara brand. More recently, McNew served as CEO of Klaussner Home Furnishings. McNew assumes the role from founder Randy Kent, who remains a partner ...

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ABC 2022 officially kicks off

American Boating Congress

The recreational boating industry’s annual advocacy event, the 2022 American Boating Congress (ABC), has kicked off in Washington, D.C. with full programming beginning today, Thursday, May 12 at 8 a.m. The NMMA is welcoming over 200 industry stakeholders to this year’s American Boating Congress, many of which will head to Capitol Hill on Thursday to meet with members of Congress ...

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Patrick Industries acquires Leisure Product Enterprises

Patrick Industries, Inc. has completed the acquisition of Leisure Product Enterprises, LLC. LPE is a holding company with three manufacturing subsidiaries under its umbrella: Marine Concepts/Design Concepts, Florida Marine Tanks and Marine Electrical Products. LPE primarily serves the marine and industrial markets with combined fiscal 2016 revenues of approximately $75 million. The aggregate purchase price for LPE was approximately $73.5 ...

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Matt Chambers leaving Marine Concepts/Design Concepts

Marine Concepts / Design Concepts on Monday announced the departure of Matt Chambers, president, from the company. “It has been a great 10 years with Marine Concepts / Design Concepts. Due to family matters, wishing to live closer to family and taking in my father-in-law, I have made the tough choice to leave the company effective October 28th,” Chambers said. ...

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Matt Chambers inducted into ACMA Hall of Fame

Matt Chambers, Marine Concepts and Design Concepts President, has been recognized by the American Composites Manufacturers Association with the 2016 ACMA Hall of Fame Award. This award is given annually to influential leaders of the composites industry at ACMA’s Membership Awards and Recognition Ceremony at CAMX – The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX). “It is very important for ACMA ...

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Marine Concepts announces retirement of CFO Mac Spencer

JRL Ventures/Marine Concepts announced Thursday that Mac Spencer has advised the company of his retirement from his position as CFO, effective Friday Marine Concepts President Matt Chambers commented, “Mac has served with distinction as Marine Concepts’ CFO for the past 15 years, contributing significantly to Marine Concepts’ success during this time and helping to secure that we delivered strong financial ...

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Marco Rubio visits Marine Concepts for town hall meeting

More than 550 people gathered inside JRL Ventures, Inc. / Marine Concepts manufacturing facility in Sarasota for Marco Rubio’s first town hall Meeting in the area. Owner and CEO Bob Long opened the meeting discussing the substantial growth of his company and the influential impact Rubio had on his small business. Rubio drew applause in the full house as he ...

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