More M&A News – Page 43

  • Riverwatch Marina
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    Southern Marinas nets two new Florida properties

    2019-06-12T14:01:00Z

    Southern Marinas Holdings, a new partnership between 70-year-old Palm Beach, Florida-based Southern Marinas and a New York investment firm, completed the purchase of two Florida properties in May.

  • lewmar-mets
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    Lewmar Marine to be acquired by Lippert Components for £33m

    2019-06-12T07:11:00Z

    UK equipment maker will be LCI’s sixth purchase in the marine sector marking the company’s continued expansion into the global boating business

  • Haslar Marina
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    UK marina operators confirm merger

    2019-06-03T15:31:00Z

    UK marina operators Dean & Reddyhoff and Quay Marinas today announced that they have officially signed contracts to merge their businesses.

  • Haslar Marina
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    UK marina operators merge

    2019-05-31T14:42:00Z

    Two of the UK’s biggest marina operators – Quay Marinas Ltd and Dean & Reddyhoff Ltd – have agreed to merge. Once finalised later this year, the new combined company will operate the widest network of coastal marinas in the UK.

  • Grumman pontoon
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    New owners for Marathon Boat Group

    2019-05-24T07:58:00Z

    US boatbuilder Marathon Boat Group (MBG) has been acquired by Chicago-based private equity firm Altair Investments Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

  • Correct Craft Bill Yeargin
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    Correct Craft acquires Merritt Precision

    2019-05-23T14:24:00Z

    Milling company Merritt Precision is the latest acquisition by Correct Craft, which says in a company statement that the Florida-based maker of plugs for the marine, automotive and aerospace industries will be integrated into Correct Craft’s Watershed Innovation subsidiary and function as a standalone business.

  • Freedom Boat Club will operate as part of Brunswick’s Business Acceleration group
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    Brunswick’s Freedom Boat Club purchase to ‘shape the future of boating’

    2019-05-20T13:48:00Z

    Brunswick Corp’s acquisition late last week of Freedom Boat Club (FBC) was “rooted in foresight and where we believe the consumer is going.”

  • Divestiture of its Videotel training business will allow KVH to focus on core strategic initiatives including the development of integrated chip technology
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    KVH sells Videotel division to focus on core initiatives

    2019-05-20T13:32:00Z

    Middletown, Rhode Island-based KVH Industries Inc has sold its maritime training business known as the Videotel group of companies to an affiliate of Oakley Capital for US$90m in order to focus on core strategic initiatives.

  • Freedom Boat Club will operate as part of Brunswick’s Business Acceleration group
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    Brunswick to acquire Freedom Boat Club

    2019-05-17T14:01:00Z

    Brunswick Corp has acquired Venice, Florida-based Freedom Boat Club as part of its strategy to expand its presence in the emerging and fast-growing boat club segment. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in the second quarter of 2019, were not disclosed.

  • News

    SA builder confirms liquidation of Tag Yachts 50

    2019-05-16T08:04:00Z

    Embattled South African catamaran builder Tag Yachts has confirmed the demise of Tag Yachts 50, the sister company set up to drive production of the company’s new 50ft cruising catamaran.

  • News

    Spradling International Marine and Pletcher Sales in strategic partnership

    2019-05-10T08:08:00Z

    Firms come together coated fabrics and interior solutions to RV Industry

  • News

    KAM Marine acquires Northport Bay Boat Yard

    2019-05-08T12:23:00Z

    KAM Marine is broadening its reach in the upper mid-West US with the purchase of Northport Bay Boat Yard on Lake Michigan’s Grand Traverse Bay.

  • Brunswick's David Foulkes
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    Brunswick to sell Life Fitness division

    2019-05-07T13:17:00Z

    In a move to solidify its position as a pure marine company, Brunswick Corp announced it has entered an agreement with the private investment firm KPS Capital Partner LP for the sale of its Fitness division for US$490m.

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    BRP to acquire Australian boatbuilder Telwater

    2019-05-02T07:13:00Z

    Enters into agreement to acquire 80% of the aluminium boat and trailer builder

  • James & Shekhar
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    Veethree Electronics & Marine and CANtronik complete merger

    2019-04-24T11:11:00Z

    Two CANbus display technology specialists come together under Veethree Group brand

  • News

    MarineMax completes Sail & Ski acquisition

    2019-04-18T15:01:00Z

    MarineMax is expanding in Texas, completing the acquisition of Sail & Ski Center, which has three locations in two of the states fastest growing markets of Austin and San Antonio.

  • News

    Correct Craft buys Parker Boats

    2019-04-18T13:41:00Z

    Correct Craft is expanding again, this time, with the purchase of North Carolina-based Parker Boats.

  • Cape Charles Yacht Center
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    Cape Charles Yacht Center sold

    2019-04-02T14:54:00Z

    Front Street Shipyard of Belfast, Maine, has purchased the Cape Charles Yacht Center in Virginia, with an eye toward expansion and creating a premiere superyacht refit and service facility.

  • Kongsberg Maritime's offices in Norway
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    Kongsberg completes acquisition of Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine division

    2019-04-01T15:21:00Z

    Around nine months after it announced the sale of its Commercial Marine division, Rolls-Royce (RR) has today completed the £500m or so transaction to the Norwegian Kongsberg Group ASA. The division includes the links which RR had with the superyacht market including vessel and system design capabilities related to propulsion ...

  • Correct Craft CSO Sean Marrero; John Bolton, Velvet Drive VP of Operations; Correct Craft executive VP:chief of staff Angela Pilkington; Mark McKinney, Pleasurecraft Engine Group president
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    Correct Craft acquires Velvet Drive

    2019-04-01T14:13:00Z

    Correct Craft has announced the acquisition of Velvet Drive Transmissions, a vendor to the boat and engine builder for the past 40 years. Velvet drive will be “vertically integrated into Correct Craft’s Pleasurecraft Engine Group,” according to a company news release.