35 NC Companies to Exhibit at IBEX 2005 

North Carolina will be well represented at the 2005 IBEX trade show October 19^th – 21^st. Make your first stop our SBTDC Marine Trades Services Booth 1050 to pick up an NC booth directory to the following NC businesses: 3 TEX Inc., Cary; Accu-Form Polymers, Warsaw; Advanced Technology, Inc., Greensboro; Ameritex Technologies, Hickory; Ashley Welding & Machine Co., Edenton; Assyst-Bullmer, Morrisville; Beta Marine, Arapahoe; C. E. Smith Company, Inc., Greensboro; Chemcraft International , Winston-Salem; Colbond Incorporated, Enka; Conbraco Industries, Inc, Matthews; DNA Group Inc., Raleigh; Engineered Marine Supply, Troutman; Forest City Tool Inc., Hickory; Glen Raven Mills, Glen Raven; Hickory Springs Manufacturing, Hickory; HK Research Corporation, Hickory; IPS Corporation (Weld-On), Research Triangle Park; John Boyles & Company, Statesville; King Marine, Columbia; Klingspor Abrasives Inc., Hickory; Lawrence Industries (Novaflex) , Haw River; Lord Corporation, Cary; Morbern, Inc, High Point; Morse  Industry, Charlotte; Outdura (Shuford Mills, Inc.), Hickory; Piedmont Plastics Inc., Raleigh; Reichhold Inc., R.T.P.; Sea Tech Inc., Wilmington; Southtech Plastics, Inc., New Bern; Technicon Industries, Concord; Tesa Tape Inc, Charlotte; The Gartner Group, New Bern; Transmatic Environmental Systems, Wilmington; Victory Bolt & Specialty Inc., Indian Trail. In addition the NC MARTEC (Carteret Community College, Morehead City will have one of the training and education booths.

Deadline Extended until November 10, 2005

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced another round of grants to help improve docking facilities for recreational transient, non-trailerable boats along the U.S. navigable waterways.

 The BIG program provides states with funding for mooring buoys, day-docks, transient slips, safe harbor facilities (including temporary safe anchorage or a harbor of refuge during a storm), floating and fixed piers and breakwaters, dinghy docks, restrooms, retaining walls, bulkheads, dockside utilities, pumpout stations, trash collections and recycling facilities, dockside electric, water and telephone capabilities, navigational aids and marine fueling stations. 

Marina Wastewater Seminar rescheduled for 10/24/05 at 1 PM  

Originally scheduled for September 19th, this workshop was postponed due to hurricane Ophelia. During the seminar, participants will learn a simple method for treating collected wastewater involving chemistry and filtration. North Carolina Division of Water Quality personnel also will attend the two-hour seminar, and will be on hand to discuss different options as well. The cost for the seminar is $25. Class size will be limited to 20 people. The seminar will be held at NC MARTEC on the campus of Carteret Community College. For more information or to register, contact David Flagler (flaglerd@carteret.edu) at 252-222-6149.

NC Boat Builders Grow:

Cobia, Egret, True World, Briglia, and Twinn Finn

The ranks of NC boat builders have grown in the past few months. Cobia Boat Company (www.cobiaboats.com/) announced recently that it will be moving its manufacturing to the McDowell County Industrial Park in Marion; True World Marine (www.trueworldmarine.com) is relocating to the Jarrett Bay Marine Industrial Park in Beaufort; Egret Boat Company has announced a move to the Beaufort County Industrial Park in Washington; Briglia Boat Works has opened it doors in the Wanchese Seafood Industrial Park in Wanchese; and Dennis Schrieber of Twinn Finn  LLC has obtained a patent for pushboat hull and rudder configurations and will soon be building pushboats and small barges in Williamston.

Hatteras Yachts Grows, Tiara Goes 

 Hatteras Yachts has just announced that Mark Harakal has been named president of Hatteras Yachts in New Bern and will be responsible for a new startup at the 165,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Swansboro acquired from Tiara Yachts. Bill Naumann has been named the president of the Hatteras Collection within the Boat Group at Brunswick.

NC Marine Industry Representatives Heading to IBEX: Let us help you 

Over 300 NC boat builders and marine trades business men and women are expected at the annual IBEX trade show this month. Visit our booth at the show (Booth 1050), pick up a state lapel pin, and we will help you locate NC products and services that can meet your production needs. Sponsored statewide by the SBTDC, Progress Energy, Duke Energy, ElectriCities and the NC Electric Cooperatives, we will have a team of professionals ready to help you.

NC Speakers and Industry Presentations at IBEX    

The following NC representatives will be IBEX seminar speakers: Jim Hardin of Grady-White Boats; Charlie Game of International Marine Consulting Associates (IMCA); Richard Higgins of HK Research Corp.; and Bruce Marek of Marek Yacht & Design Consultants. In addition, the following pre-conference workshops (free) will be provided: Tuesday, October 18th: Scott McConnell of Transmatic, Scott Furr of Technicon Industries, and Chris Kirschling of Reichhold Inc.

Registration opens for training summit   

Online registration is under way at www.abycinc.org for the second annual Conference on Marine Industry Technical Training, to be held Jan. 23–24 at the Safety Harbor Resort and Spa, just outside Tampa, Fla. COMITT, co-produced by the American Boat & Yacht Council, the National Marine Manufacturers Association and Professional BoatBuilder magazine, will provide a forum to discuss technical workforce education, training, certification and professional development.