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Navico, parent company to the Lowrance, Simrad, B&G and C-MAP brands announced today Knut Frostad has joined the management team as executive vice president of digital business and marketing. Frostad brings extensive industry experience, most recently serving as chief executive officer of Volvo Ocean Race. Frostad will be responsible for enabling a large set of new services for a full ...

Navico — parent company to the Lowrance, Simrad, B&G and C-MAP brands — announced the launch of a new category of marine technology — the information display (ID).  The new, configurable graphical user interface acts as the heart of the information display. Presenting the information boaters need, when they need it, the experience-based software features pre-defined contextual modes that display ...

Navico, parent company to the Lowrance, Simrad, B&G and C-MAP brands, has announced Jamie Elgie has been appointed to the position of senior vice president and chief operating office of the Americas. In his new role, Elgie will be responsible for all sales, marketing and operations activities for the Lowrance, Simrad, B&G and C-MAP brands throughout North, Central and South ...

Navico – manufacturer of marine electronics and parent company to the Lowrance, Simrad and B&G brands – and C-MAP – a supplier of digital navigation products to recreational and commercial marine markets –  have merged, effective today. C-MAP serves boaters worldwide, providing cartography products and services for all types of leisure boaters, from fishermen and sailing enthusiasts to powerboat owners. ...

Navico — manufacturer of marine electronics and parent company to the Lowrance, Simrad and B&G brands — announced the release of a web-based version of its popular and award-winning System Builder software – System Builder Cloud. Like the original version of System Builder, System Builder Cloud is a software tool that allows sales personnel to quickly produce a quote for ...

Navico, parent company to the Lowrance, Simrad, and B&G brands, has appointed Matt Vranich to the position of executive vice president – OEM Integration Group. Vranich will head a global company division that addresses rising expectations from Navico’s boat-building partners – regarding full system solutions that include integration, connectivity and tier-one supplier support. The OEM Integration Group now includes more ...

Moving what consumers have at home, in their cars, to the boat Consumers want more. It’s a trend that’s true throughout all areas of the marine industry, but especially true when it comes to outfitting boats with the latest and greatest in audio, entertainment and electronics. “The days of putting average on a boat, are simply not there anymore,” said ...

Navico has acquired navigational and digital switching platform provider Yacht Defined Sweden AB, and made an investment into HOC Yachts AB, a start-up, high-tech custom boat designer that will be used to showcase and validate the companies' developments in marine electronics, digital switching, boat integration and connectivity. Established in 2016, Yacht Defined offers an intuitive user interface for driving, living ...

In partnership with Sea Ray, the Simrad Go series, NSS evo3 and NSO black box systems are now an optional feature for owners of new 2018 model year Sea Ray Sport Boats and Sport Cruisers. The Simrad displays are designed to offer Sea Ray owners a user-friendly interface for all functions including charting, vessel management and integrated CHIRP and sonar. ...

Navico announced that a Texas federal jury has found that Garmin Ltd. willfully infringed two of Navico’s DownScan Imaging sonar patents and awarded Navico $38,755,000 in damages. The district court judge has discretion to increase the damages to account for the jury’s finding that Garmin’s infringement was willful. The infringement finding concerned two of Navico’s patents relating to marine sonar ...