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www.scuttlebutt.com April 2008 • Page 7 MasterCraft reports financially strong and award-winning year MasterCraft recently reported a strong year, with growth in sales and market share. This announcement comes on the heels of MasterCraft learning it is also the recipient of several industry awards, including being recognized by renowned J.D. Power and Associates. Overall MasterCraft has managed 19 percent revenue growth in the first half of its fiscal year, which ended December 31, verses the same periBrunswick Corp. has agreed to sell certain assets of its Baja boat business to Fountain Powerboat Industries, Inc., and plans to end production of Baja boats in Bucyrus, Ohio. 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Users can rate eXtension.org articles based on their usefulness, with the most useful articles ranking the highest on searches. If an od last year. This is the seventh year of recordbreaking performance for the global leader in luxury performance towboats. “Despite difficult times in many segments of the economy, MasterCraft has been able to increase unit sales, market share, and earnings over last year,” said John Dorton, president and CEO of MasterCraft. “Growth hasn’t been easy, amid the many challenges facing our industry. We ment were not disclosed, and completion of the sale is subject to certain conditions, Brunswick said. When completed, the closing of the Baja plant will mean a loss of approximately 285 posiarticle does not answer a user’s question, he or she has the option to “ask an expert.” Articles receive tags showing what users are searching for most often. Users can also subscribe to RSS feeds, and eXtension will automatically send updates on have seen some of our traditionally strong domestic geographic regions struggle while others have shown impressive growth. Nonetheless our investment in global initiatives is paying off as our international business continues double digit growth every year.” MasterCraft has also earned three significant awards. At the Miami International Boat Show, JD Power & Associates acknowledged tions. Baja leadership will be working to transfer as many employees as possible to either Fountain or other Brunswick manufacturing facilities, Brunswick said. For those employees topics of interest. eXtension is affiliated with Cooperative Extension, a nationwide non-credit educational network. Each U.S. state and territory has a state office at its land-grant university and a network of local or regional offices. Because of the MasterCraft as being ranked “Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Ski and Wakeboard Boats in a tie”. According to the J.D. Power and Associates’ study, MasterCraft was the sole company in the ski and wakeboard category with customer satisfaction improvement from the 2007 study. Also at the Miami show, the NMMA and boats.com announced that MasterCraft had won the best marine who do not have the opportunity or do not wish to transfer, severance will be provided. As a result of these actions, Brunswick estimates that asset writedowns, with other associated costs associated, relationship with Cooperative Extension, eXtension.org is able to pull the best knowledge from the land-grant universities. eXtension.org has 36,000 frequently asked questions in its knowledge base. The web site was viewed by people Web site over all, beating out nearly 100 entries. Finally, East Tennessee APICS, the association for operations management, announced that MasterCraft Boat Company is the East Tennessee APICS Manufacturer of the Year for 2007. According APICS, MasterCraft’s “lean manufacturing implementation is the best in the region” and MasterCraft provides superior product quality could total between $10 million to $15 million, pre-tax. “This was a decision to focus our resources on brands that we believe are core to our success,” said Brunswick Chairman and Chief from all 50 states in January 2008, along with users from 155 other countries and provinces. Topics include diversity in higher education; horses; entrepreneurs; imported fire ants; gardens, lawns and landscapes; livestock and poultry; parenting; fami116 Buckeye St, Hudson, WI and customer service to their dealers. John Dorton comments, “We are winning because we are sticking to what has made MasterCraft great – superior products aimed at an exceptional buyer. Add our dealer network, sales and marketing, manufacturing and information systems and staff members, it really should come as no surprise that consumers are responding.” Fountain Boats acquire Baja assets Executive Officer Dustan E. McCoy. “This in no way reflects upon Baja or the performance of the Bucyrus work force. We believe that Baja will benefit from being a part of Fountain Powerboats.” www.boatingindustry.com ly caregiving; wildlife damage management; disaster education network; personal finance; youth science, engineering and technology and others. For more information, click on www.eXtension.org. Web site offers answers to life’s questions ST. 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