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NMEA names 2023 award winners

Nineteen products garnered top honors in three separate award competitions at the 2023 NMEA Marine Electronics Conference & Expo, held last week at the Orlando Doubletree Universal Hotel in Florida. NMEA members cast their votes online in 17 categories for the Product of Excellence Awards, while a panel of independent judges named winners in both the NMEA Technology Award and ...

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NMEA to offer training at 2023 METS

The National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) said it will play a major role again this year by providing technical training at METSTRADE, scheduled for Nov. 15-17 in Amsterdam. All four of NMEA’s installer certification classes will be offered on this international stage. Students will achieve installer certificates upon passing a certification exam at the end of each class. “NMEA has ...

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America’s Boating Club signs memorandum of understanding with NMEA

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America’s Boating Club, the nation’s largest and oldest volunteer recreational boating safety nonprofit, announced the signing of a new memorandum of understanding with the National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA).This memorandum of understanding (MOU) enables America’s Boating Club (ABC) to incorporate state-of-the-art content into its marine electronics courses and seminars with the goal of making recreational boating safer and more enjoyable. ...

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NMEA calls for product award nominations

The National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) will honor a wide variety of products—20 in all in three separate competitions—at the NMEA Conference & Expo, to be held September 18 – 22, at the Doubletree Universal Hotel in Orlando, Fla. NMEA invites all manufacturers to submit nominations by July 21. NMEA will also name winners in two categories for the Manufacturer ...

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IMEA awards marine trade school scholarships

The International Marine Electronics Alliance (IMEA), a 501 (c) (3) supporting organization of the National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA), has awarded six marine electronics industry scholarships to students currently enrolled in marine trade school technology programs. The six scholarship winners included Charles Horton from the Landing School in Arundel, Maine; Andrew Vogel of Suncoast Technical College in Sarasota, Florida; Adrienne ...

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NMEA names 2022 award winners

Twenty products garnered top honors in three separate award competitions at the 2022 NMEA Marine Electronics Conference & Expo, held recently in Anaheim, Calif. NMEA members cast their votes online in 18 categories for the Product of Excellence Awards while a panel of independent judges named winners in both the NMEA Technology Award and Best New Product contests. “On behalf ...

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NMEA calls for product award nominations

The National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) will honor a wide variety of products—20 in all in three separate competitions—at the NMEA Conference & Expo, held October 3-7 at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Anaheim, Calif. NMEA invites all manufacturers to submit nominations. In addition, new this year, NMEA will name winners in two categories for the Manufacturer of the Year ...

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Dates set for 2022 NMEA conference in Anaheim

The National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) has announced that its 2022 Conference will be held at the Sheraton Anaheim Park Hotel on October 3 – 7, 2022. The exposition portion of the event will be held October 4 and 5 from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. The 2022 NMEA Marine Electronics Conference & Expo will be the largest industry trade event ...

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NMEA to train U.S., Canadian Coast Guard personnel

The National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) has announced that it has been awarded contracts to train both the U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian Coast Guard personnel on installation of marine electronics. The training sessions will be the same four-day, in-person training events that NMEA offers to its members and the general public, which include the Basic Marine Electronics Installer (MEI), ...

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NMEA, Veterans Florida partner on workforce development

The National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) has announced a collaboration with Veterans Florida to help the marine electronics industry-wide labor shortage by bringing in qualified veterans who are looking for a career after exiting their military service. “Florida has the largest marine industry of any state, along with the largest membership demographic for NMEA,” said Mark Reedenauer, NMEA president & ...

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