European Partnership
Gives WESMAR Longer Reach

WESMAR President Bruce H. Blakey, and Alex De Boom, President of Arie De Boom Marine of France, announced an agreement that establishes a partnership between the two companies. The joint venture will be called WESMAR Europe.

Under the agreement, Arie De Boom will develop a high-level sales and service network for WESMAR products throughout Europe. WESMAR will be supplying the equipment and the technical training for the sales and support of their bow and stern thruster equipment, roll fin stabilizers, and hydraulics.? WESMAR is a leading U.S. manufacturer of high-end marine electronics and mechanical systems for yachts.

“WESMAR Europe is a major effort to enhance service to our customers, both old and new, in an important boating market. We have worked diligently over the years providing top end, life-changing products to the marine community. The creation of WESMAR Europe expands this plan, ” said Blakey.

?Arie De Boom Marine is part owner and manages Port de La Rague, and Arie De Boom Services, operates the shipyard in the heart of Port de La Rague. “The Port de La Rague is a premier facility and will be a valuable location for WESMAR customers throughout Europe,” said Blakey. wesmar.com or ariedeboom.com

Pettit Marine Paint Offers Rebate
Pettit Marine Paint of Rockaway, New Jersey, is offering a new rebate program, Between March 1 and May 31, 2010, Pettit is offering rebates up to $20 per gallon on select Pettit antifouling paint. This initiative follows a hugely successful 2009 stimulus rebate program, which the company claims saved American boat owners more than $300,000.

“We understand what people are going through, which is why we’re striving to find ways to make boating more affordable,” said Pettit’s director of sales and marketing Don Zabransky. Requests must be postmarked by June 15, 2010 and are limited to two rebates per household or individual. pettitpaint.com/recovery

JMP Sets Up Distribution in the U.S.

Having established success in South Korea, Japan and other parts of the world, JMP Corporation is now expanding to the U.S. marketplace. The company opened a U.S. branch, JMP Marine, which will be called JMPUSA and be headquartered in Miami, Florida. Since 1976, JMP Corporation has developed proven impeller pumps and top quality flexible rubber impellers, as well as spare parts for other name-brand companies. It provides quality impellers that can endure harsh marine conditions. JMP is the only name-brand company worldwide that manufactures its high-quality impellers in-house.

The new facility is a distribution center with all ordering, bar coding, packing and shipping accomplished from this site.

“Establishing this branch will increase our sales growth, help us fulfill orders even more quickly and build a local presence to fortify U.S. business relationships while setting up distributorships,” said Fred Leidecker, JMPUSA market development director. jmp.co.kr/eng

British Lifejacket Available for U.S. Market
International Safety Products Ltd (ISP) has become the first British lifejacket manufacturer to win U.S.Coast Guard product approval, which opens the valuable U.S. leisure boating market.

The USCG certificate of approval has been granted for ISP’s Shannon lifejacket. This model is a general purpose inflatable leisure lifejacket that provides 150 Newtons of buoyancy and features ISP’s patented Wave Barrier interlocking lobe design. When the lifejacket is inflated, its assymetrical design eliminates the space that is created between the lobes on traditional lifejackets. In extreme weather conditions, this channel can act as a funnel that can direct waves into the wearer’s face and result in drowning. Customers can specify the manufacture of their own branded version of the Shannon lifejacket with as few as 250 units.

The specialized and highly adaptable manufacturing processes at the company’s factory in Merseyside, UK, enable customers to specify their own colours, trim, features and corporate branding of the chosen style of a fully-approved ISP lifejacket. USCG approval now makes this capability available for companies in, or supplying, the United States. isp.co.uk