Manufacturing & Fabrication
Yamaha boat plant completes expansion

Boating Industry
Friday January 16, 2009

VONORE, Tenn. – Yamaha Motor Corp.’s Tennessee Watercraft Inc. has completed a $6 million, 64,000-square-foot expansion at its Vonore, Tenn. plant, according to an article this week in The Daily Times.

The expansion includes a robotic gelcoat application booth, robotic CNC cutters, and an RF urethane injection system for floating foam, as well as other “green” technologies, the newspaper reported.
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"I am very pleased that Yamaha has completed this important investment for its ever-expanding boat building facility," U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. said in a statement. "It is an essential component of ensuring the continued growth of our local economy and is putting Tennessee on the map as the epicenter of boat manufacturing in the U.S."