Marine
Tiara Yachts Inc. has its own in-house production for its composite hulls. Founder Leon Slikkers helped pioneer a move toward fiberglass boats in the 1950s.
A Feb. 16 fire destroyed the main production building at Vico Plastics Inc., an injection molder in Edgerton, Wis., but the company remains open at a neighboring site, assessing damages and figuring out what to do next.
Heartwood Partners sold Woodstock, Ga.-based CMI Ltd. Co. LLC, a manufacturer of marine walls, docks and flood protection products, to the El Segundo, Calif.-based private equity firm Charger Investment Partners.
A major hurricane takes aim at Florida's Gulf Coast; flying 3D printing drones; and companies in Taiwan provide incentives to help battle a falling birth rate.
The project, which represents a $7.3 million investment, is Tecnoform's first North American location, will add 130 jobs to the area, already home to several West Michigan furniture manufacturers.
If the research project is successful, the company plans to sell pellets recovered from fishing nets to processors looking for a source of recycled material.
Tideman makes pleasure boats, but its focus has been on work boats such as buoy tenders, pilot boats, patrol launches and other uses requiring durability.
Waterfront owns Rotomold USA, a 24-employee molding operation in Claremore, Okla., and sells rotomolded docks under the PolyDock brand.
A Michigan company buys three businesses this year in the Midwest as it expects sales to triple. It is also seeking more acquisitions to expand geographically.
Myers Industries Inc. will close a Cassopolis, Mich., plant and consolidate operations in Indiana as part of a restructuring of its Ameri-Kart Corp. subsidiary.
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