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The Case:

SEWART SUPPLY

Sewart is a world’s leading distributor of Twin Disc,

Hamilton Jet, and Veth Propulsion products. Sewart offers high quality products combined with extensive remanu- facturing capabilities that have been successful across many industries. The ? rm specializes in energy and marine based products. This year, Sewart celebrates 50 years of putting your horsepower to work!

The Company:

Founded in 1969 by Allie W. Adams Jr., Sewart has grown into one of world’s leading distributors of Twin

Disc, Hamilton Jet, and Veth Propulsion products along the gulf coast for the marine industry. Sewart strategically operates two Louisiana of? ces located in Morgan City and

Harvey to support their customer base in marine industry and Texas-Based operations are headquartered in Friend- swood, Texas. As part of the 50th anniversary celebration, the company has launched a new website and rebranded the organization from Sewart Supply to simply, ‘Sewart.’ ceived the Hamilton Jet Taituara Award for excelling above

The ? rm has over 40 factory-trained technicians spread all other distributors in the Western Hemisphere, achiev- out through three strategic locations: Morgan City, LA; ing excellence in aftermarket service and inventory sup-

Harvey, LA; and Friendswood, TX. In 2019, Sewart re- port. www.sewartsupply.com

SIGNAL MATE LLC

The Company:

Signal Mate navigation lights were developed from over 30 years of experience in the electronic manufacturing in- dustry. The parent company of Signal Mate LLC, Kimber- lite Assembler Inc, was started in 1985, and is the sole source of Electronic Water Level Controllers used on Baltimore

Aircoil Company’s (BAC) cooling towers around the world.

Concerns for safety on the water led to the patent of the Sig- nal Mate Automated Signaling Controller for synchronized horn and light signaling for restricted visibility and distress.

For the Signaling Controller, an all-round 360-degree High

Brightness LED light was designed. Then, a whole line of recreational LED navigation lights was built to ABYC-A16 standards and 72 COLREGS. In 2008, the owners of Kim-

The Case: berlite started a new company, Signal Mate LLC, for the

Signal Mate is the only manufacturer addressing the is- marine division. Many commercial customers after seeing sue of LED degradation in UL1104 navigation lights by the recreational navigation lights requested commercial monitoring the LED intensity, and controlling current to lights to UL 1104 standards. Signal Mate’s UL 1104 naviga- alarm panel; enabling alarm to notify the bridge of non- tion lights are third party certi? ed and have an IP67 rated compliant COLREG LED navigation lights. Signal Mate’s modular design with replaceable LEDs and power supply. modular design is 100% serviceable. All parts are made in the USA. www.SignalMate.com 77 www.marinelink.com MN