KSLA News 12 Shreveport, Louisiana |Flippin boat manufacturer buys Triton Boats
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Associated Press - July 29, 2010 5:34 PM ET
FLIPPIN, Ark. (AP) - The company that makes Ranger and Stratos boats in north Arkansas has acquired Triton Boats from Brunswick Corp.
Fishing Holdings LLC announced Thursday that Triton Fiberglas boats will be manufactured at the Flippin factory where Ranger and Stratos are also made. Brunswick will make Triton aluminum boats under license.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Production of Triton Fiberglas boats is to start in the fall.
Triton founder Earl Bentz and other Triton executives will join Fishing Holdings. Others will remain with Triton's Tennessee office.
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