A NEWSLETTER FOR CUSTOMERS, EMPLOYEES, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS

2443 SW Pine Island RoadCape Coral, FL 33991Phone: 239-283-0800Fax: 239-283-3332

Sarasota Facility6805 15th Street EastSarasota, FL 34243www.jrlventuresinc.cominfo@jrlventuresinc.comwww.marineconcepts.cominfo@marineconcepts.com

Bob Long

Wow, another year gone by and what a year! On the World scene we have had wars, race issues, immigration problems, stock market all over the place, and we had some big elec-tions. Thankfully we seem to be ending the year with many of these things behind us… and a very positive outlook to begin 2015.

On the business front it also has been a very interesting year. We started out the first full year in the 300,000 sq.ft. Sarasota facility

with a shop full of new projects like helicopter training simulators, theme park rides and many new marine projects. In the first half of 2014 we experienced a phenomenal all-time record in business… and although it slowed a little in late summer as dealer shows, vacations, new budgets, and the boating season came to a close, we are thankful to say now that sales for the plant have again become brisk. We expect to end 2014 and enter 2015 with a great backlog and sales.

We have grown our base of CNC robotic routers to 7 and our group of experts to 180. This has allowed us to keep our customers happy with good quality, on-time delivery and professional service.In addition to standard FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) open molds, we are now specialists in closed molds, such as RTM (resin transfer molding), vacuum bagged & infusion molds, and capable of doing epoxy and some metal molds. Due to this capability we are now into many other markets such as wind energy, training simulators, amuse-ment parks, government and public vehicles, aerospace, and military contracts.

This did not just happen, and it certainly was not overnight! We sent people to school, we worked with colleges, we hired experts, we trained people for new things, we bought new equipment and soft-ware… and it is paying off. Our people have worked hard, studied hard, and put some real effort into improving themselves and the Company.

This year completes my 20th year of owning JRL Ventures/Marine Concepts, my 45th year in this business. Some of you may remember our first grandchild (we now have 12 grandchildren), Christina Long, from our early days when she was pictured as a toddler on my lap working on the computer. Well, she is 18 now and in her senior year of high school and a beautiful young lady. How time flies.

A MESSAGE FROM BOB

Pictured above left Bob with baby Christina. Above right Christina at a recent family gathering.

cont.~

JRL Ventures / Marine Concepts

Boston Whaler Teams up with MarineConcepts on New 420 Outrage Project?

A Message from Bob - cont.~

As we close another great year, we thank our awesome employees, our loyal customers, our reliable suppliers and everyone who has given us support. From our family to yours… we wish you a very Merry Christmas, and a wonderful New Year.

Sincerely,

Bob Long

Boston Whaler has long been a valued customer of Marine Concepts and looked to the tooling experts for a solution to a weight concern regarding the mold for a brand new larger model – the 420 Outrage. The company presented the project with a requirement that the mold weigh no more than 60,000 lbs.

In a recent feature article in Composites Manufacturing Magazine’s Nov/Dec issue, if built using traditional methods, the completed mold would have weighed over 90,000 lbs. After the design was completed using CAD software, the Marine Concepts engineers, along with sev-eral contracted partners, went to work on an infused laminate sched-ule using CNC milled cored flat panel for structure and an intricate steel exoskeleton affixed using composite glue. The finished mold not only met the weight requirement; Boston Whaler reported that the mold strength met the analysis.

“What we have learned on this proj-ect can be easily transferred to other tools where weight is a critical parameter,” said Chris Wachowski, Boston Whaler, Director of Product Development..

Read the entire Composites Magazine article on this project by going to our website at www.marineconcepts.com.

UNITED STATES MARINES * BAYLINER * RANGER TUGS * ATC TRUCK * BOSTON WHALER * YOUNG BOATS * MFG * ALABAMA * AVALANCHE * BARCO * CIGARETTE POWERBOATS * BLACKWATER BOATS * DANALEVI * YAMAHA PWC * MONTEREY * TIBURON BOATS * VELOCITY POWERBOATS *TODOMAR * NAUTIQUE * BRYANT BOATS * CAE USA * BONADEO BOATWORKS * CAT 5 * STUART * CHAPARRAL BOATS * A-1 FIBERGLASS * GENERAL ELECTRIC * CHRIS CRAFT * MERCER ENGINEERING * SKIER’S CHOICE * UNIFORCE * COMP ONE * FOUR WINNS * COBALT BOATS * BOSTON BOAT * UTC AERO * HALL SPARS * TRACKER * CORE NORTH * CREVALLE * DEEP IMPACT * ROBALO/CHAPARRAL * DUPONT BUILDING * EVERGLADES * FELD ENTERTAINMENT * FLIGHT SAFETY-OK * FLIGHT SAFETY-TX * FORMULA * CAR-BON CRAFT * GENESYS * YELLOWFIN YACHTS * GRADY-WHITE * YAMAHA JET BOAT * HELL’S BAY * REGULATOR * HYDRA-SPORTS * INVINCIBLE BOAT * J F TAYLOR * JACKSON BOND * JACKSON KAYAK * JUPITER MARINE * JUPITER WIND * L3 COMM * LUND * MALIBU BOATS * MANN CUSTOM BOATS * McCLARIN * SPLASHTACU-LAR * PURSUIT S-2 * SAILFISH BOATS * MFG TEXAS * MICHAEL PETERS * MJM YACHTS * BRUNSWICK COMMERCIAL * YAMAHA OUTBOARD * MUSTANG VACUUM SYSTEMS * NGS SYSTEMS * OCEAN MASTER * OPINICUS CORP * PAGNOTTA * PAM’S MOTOR CITY * PATRIZIO FACHERIS * REGAL * SEA RAY * BARKER BOAT WORKS * CONTROL LOGISTICS * SEAWARD SERVICES * SPARTEC * BRAND FX * CRUISERS INC. * UNITED STATES MILITARY * VIKING * UNITED STATES MARINES * BAYLINER * RANGER TUGS * ATC TRUCK * BOSTON WHALER * YOUNG BOATS * MFG * ALABAMA * AVALANCHE * BARCO * CIGARETTE POWERBOATS * BLACKWATER BOATS * DANALEVI * YAMAHA PWC * MONTEREY * TIBURON BOATS * VELOCITY POWERBOATS *TODOMAR * NAUTIQUE * BRYANT BOATS * CAE USA * BONADEO BOATWORKS * CAT 5 * STUART * CHAPARRAL BOATS * A-1 FIBERGLASS * GENERAL ELECTRIC * CHRIS CRAFT * MERCER ENGINEERING * SKIER’S CHOICE * UNIFORCE * COMP ONE * FOUR WINNS * COBALT BOATS * BOSTON BOAT * UTC AERO * HALL SPARS * TRACKER * CORE NORTH * CREVALLE * DEEP IMPACT * ROBALO/CHAPARRAL * DUPONT BUILDING * EVERGLADES * FELD ENTERTAINMENT * FLIGHT SAFETY-OK * FLIGHT SAFETY-TX * FORMULA * CARBON CRAFT * GENESYS * YELLOWFIN YACHTS * GRADY-WHITE * YAMAHA JET BOAT * HELL’S BAY * REGULATOR * HYDRA-SPORTS * INVINCIBLE BOAT * J F TAYLOR * JACKSON BOND * JACKSON KAYAK * JUPITER MARINE * JUPITER WIND * L3 COMM * LUND * MALIBU BOATS * MANN CUSTOM BOATS * McCLARIN * SPLASHTACULAR * PURSUIT S-2 * SAILFISH BOATS * MFG TEXAS * MICHAEL PETERS * MJM YACHTS * BRUNSWICK COMMERCIAL * YAMAHA OUTBOARD * MUSTANG VACUUM SYSTEMS * NGS SYSTEMS * OCEAN MASTER * OPINICUS CORP * PAGNOTTA * PAM’S MOTOR CITY * PATRIZIO FACHERIS * REGAL * SEA RAY * BARKER BOAT WORKS * CONTROL LOGISTICS * SEAWARD SERVICES * SPARTEC * BRAND FX * CRUISERS INC. * UNITED STATES MILITARY * VIKING * UNITED STATES MARINES * BAYLINER * RANGER TUGS * ATC TRUCK * BOSTON WHALER * YOUNG BOATS * MFG * ALABAMA * AVALANCHE * BARCO * CIGARETTE POWERBOATS * BLACKWATER BOATS * DANALEVI * YAMAHA PWC * MONTEREY * TIBURON BOATS * VELOCITY POWERBOATS *TODOMAR * NAUTIQUE * BRYANT BOATS * CAE USA * BONADEO BOATWORKS * CAT 5 * STUART * CHAPARRAL BOATS * A-1 FIBERGLASS * GENERAL ELECTRIC * CHRIS CRAFT * MERCER ENGINEERING * SKIER’S CHOICE * UNIFORCE * COMP ONE * FOUR WINNS * COBALT BOATS * BOSTON BOAT * UTC AERO * HALL SPARS * TRACKER * CORE NORTH * CREVALLE * DEEP IMPACT * ROBALO/CHAPARRAL * DUPONT BUILDING * EVERGLADES * FELD ENTERTAINMENT * FLIGHT SAFETY-OK * FLIGHT SAFETY-TX * FORMULA * CARBON CRAFT * GENESYS * YELLOWFIN YACHTS * GRADY-WHITE * YAMAHA JET BOAT * HELL’S BAY * REGULATOR * HYDRA-SPORTS * INVINCIBLE BOAT * J F TAYLOR * JACKSON BOND * JACKSON KAYAK * JUPITER MARINE * JUPITER WIND * L3 COMM * LUND * MALIBU BOATS * MANN CUSTOM BOATS * McCLARIN * SPLASHTACULAR * PURSUIT S-2 * SAILFISH BOATS * MFG TEXAS * MICHAEL PETERS * MJM YACHTS * BRUNSWICK COMMERCIAL * YAMAHA OUTBOARD * MUSTANG VACUUM SYSTEMS * NGS SYSTEMS * OCEAN MASTER * OPINICUS CORP * PAGNOTTA * PAM’S MO-TOR CITY * PATRIZIO FACHERIS * REGAL * SEA RAY * BARKER BOAT WORKS * CONTROL LOGISTICS * SEAWARD SERVICES * SPARTEC * BRAND FX * CRUISERS INC. * UNITED STATES MILITARY * VIKING * UNITED STATES MARINES * BAYLINER * RANGER TUGS * ATC TRUCK * BOSTON WHALER * YOUNG BOATS * MFG * ALABAMA * AVALANCHE * BARCO * CIGARETTE POWERBOATS * BLACKWATER BOATS * DANALEVI * YAMAHA PWC * MONTEREY * TIBURON BOATS * VELOCITY POWERBOATS *TODOMAR * NAUTIQUE * BRYANT BOATS * CAE USA * BONADEO BOATWORKS * CAT 5 * STUART * CHAPARRAL BOATS * A-1 FIBERGLASS * GENERAL ELECTRIC * CHRIS CRAFT * MERCER ENGINEERING * SKIER’S CHOICE * UNIFORCE * COMP ONE * FOUR WINNS * COBALT BOATS * BOSTON BOAT * UTC AERO * HALL SPARS * TRACKER

Merry ChristmasFrom All of Us To All of You!

EMPLOYEES OF THE QUARTER- Sarasota Campus

Congratulations to our Safety Award winners. To be eligible to win a $100 prize for safety, an employee’s entire department must have had no recordable accidents; names of those people go in a hat for a drawing. Our September winners were: Cape Coral - Richard Nicholls, Francisco Colon, Karl Awiszus; Sarasota - Robert Lamb, David Verhoff, Bruce Collier. October winners were: Cape Coral - Ricky Thompson, Daniel Godinez & Hijino Torres; Sarasota - Nelson Rodriguez, Dieu St Louis,

Patrick Smith. Our November winners were: Cape Coral - Jose Rodriguez, Spenser Cook, Richard Davis, Dalvis Tuyas, Ivan Cruz, Jr.; Sarasota - Gua-dalupe Lozano, Juan Almendares, Jose Romero, Ronald Elliott, Jean Laurent.

Pictured from left to right are three big $100 Winners, Ricky Thompson, Daniel Godinez and Hijino Torres.

Julian Reyna 4-JanAlberto Garcia 7-JanKelley Stockstill 9-JanBill Mott 13-JanWilliam Grady 14-JanMitzi Sanders 15-JanMadsen Aime 20-JanRogelio Saldivar 20-JanRichard Salinas 21-JanSamuel Soto 21-JanAlfy Fernandez 22-JanIan Phillips 28-JanAquilino Barbosa 29-JanMac Spencer 29-JanDawn Swanger 31-JanRefugio Chavez 13-FebRudolph Scarlett 14-FebCleanta Seide 14-FebMaria Violante 16-FebBruce Collier 19-FebJoe Blackburn 5-MarJose Rodriguez 7-MarNelson Rodriguez, Jr 8-MarDalvis Tuyas Valido 8-MarBob Long 10-MarYanara Santos 12-MarJoe Dixon 17-MarKevin Long 17-MarRicky Thompson 17-MarDieufaite St Louis 18-MarBenjamin Suggs 19-MarIsmael Dilan 20-MarBryan Houser 22-MarChris Hughes 22-MarEdwin Fermin 24-MarLudgerio Inchautegui 26-Mar

- Cape Coral Facility

They got a Franklin for Working

Proud American, Khalil Bacchus, is a 4 year veteran of JRL Ventures / Ma-rine Concepts and believes this com-pany is the reason why he is in Florida. Khalil was born in British Guyana (at

the time under the rule of Queen eliza-beth II and in 1966 given independence). His Mother, brother and sisters moved to the United States and he followed on June 12, 2004. He heard such wonder-ful things and wanted to become a con-tributing member of this great nation. He is a U.S. Citizen and is excited to be an American and loves his job immensely!

JRL/MC employees collected enough food at their Sarasota and Cape Coral facilities to feed over 50 families for Thanksgiving! John Long headed up the Cape project while Alan Mowbray took the lead at the Sarasota plant. The Cape’s donations went to the Cape Coral Caring Center and Sarasota’s went to The Food Bank of Manatee County. Thank you for your donations!

Thanksgiving for many....from Sarasota

& Cape Coral’s caring Tool-makers and Teams!

2014ServiceAwards

We would like to acknowl-edge and congratulate these milestone team members for their many years of service. Their continued support in the company has enabled it to grow and develop into the fantastic business it is today. We could not have done it without all of your hard work and dedication!

35 Years- 1979Bryan Houser

20 Years -1994Rogelio SaldivarBenjamin Lerma

Bob LongKaren Long

Jose SaldivarGerardo Saldivar

Carl Aversa

15 Years - 1999Kevin Long

10 Years - 2004Todd Biddison

5 Years - 2009Francisco MaciasHernan Fonseca

Joseph IsraelSteve Swarts

Miami Boat Show - February 12th – 16thMiami Beach, FL

NMMA American Boating Congress - May 11-13Washington, DC

IBEX - Sept 15-17Louisville, KY

CAMX - Oct 27-29Dallas, TX

SEMA - Nov 3-6Las Vegas, NV

2015 Shows

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

In response to a request from ACMA (American Composites Manufacturers Association) to produce a pre-conference seminar, Sidney Lanier (JRL/MC Director of Engineering) was honored to present and went above and beyond by developing an extremely educa-tional program at CAMX (Composites & Advanced Materi-als Expo) titled “Composite Tooling Methods and Design”.

Beginning with a short piece on the history and evolution of composites manufacturing, attendees were walked through the entire tooling process from initial concept to completed tooling and first article part construction with an emphasis on planning and preparation. Throughout the presentation specific details were provided concerning methods and de-sign, concept development, engineering and analysis, 3D data acquisition, CAD modeling, construction, multi axis routers, and tooling. As one of the top naval architects in the country and overseeing the most knowledgeable engineers and

composite experts in the tooling industry, Sidney was very comfort-able and an ideal choice to represent JRL/MC for the three hour long seminar.

Lanier reviewed JRL Ventures/Marine Concepts capabilities to fully cater from conceptual design, R&D, CNC Milling/Tooling, and lim-ited run production. For additional information visit the JRL Ven-tures, Inc. and Marine Concepts websites.

Lanier “Molds” Audience at CAMX

We are excited to be in the middle of our busy show season! This time of year gives us the opportunity to see many Customers and Friends and catch up, and we are proud to see many of the projects we teamed up with our customers to produce on display.

At IBEX, we were excited to see the increase in attendance and ex-hibitors at the show in Tampa this year. It was great seeing current and prospective customers and being able to discuss past, current and future projects. It’s very motivating to see that business is good for many and, while not over the top, steady growth continues.

Also in October, we exhibited at the first CAMX (Composites and Ad-vanced Materials Expo) Show in Orlando which was combined with the SAMPE (Society for the Advancement of Material and Process En-gineering) Conference. This was a great start to consolidating the com-posites groups. Traffic was very strong here as well. And just like IBEX, it was good to see the positive energy and steady growth of so many of our Customers. Having the two shows combined also created an even larger amount of seminars to learn about new processes. We met with many of our marine customers at the Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show. It was amazing to see the finished product from all of the tooling we produced over the last year. There are some very exciting and innovative boats available, more so than ever before!

Having two fantastic magazine articles highlighting Marine Concepts certainly helped us as well. The featured article in Professional Boat Builder and the Composite Manufacturing article featuring Boston Whaler and Marine Concepts working together on new technology were awesome.

At the beginning of December we exhibited at I/ITSEC in Orlando. We were able to see our very valued simulator customers there. We also vis-ited many customers at the Marine Dealers Conference and the IAAPA Show as well -- this is where theme parks and attractions display their new rides. Very exciting!

As we welcome 2015 we are starting on some very exciting and inter-esting projects in the marine industry. Those customers who planned their projects well enough in advance have been able to lock down sev-eral production slots while saving 5% on their entire project by submit-ting complete, mill-ready files as part of our first-ever sales promotion held in October. We will continue to be ready and prepared to assist our customers in all-inclusive new product development projects, small or large tooling, or anything in between.

From myself, my wife Debra, and my entire family to you and yours, we thank you for your loyalty and dedication and wish you health, happi-ness, and success this Holiday season as well as in the New Year ahead. Thank you to our customers, employees (and their families), vendors, and friends for your continued support! See you at the next shows!

Sincerely,

Matt Chambers

MATT’sMENTIONSPresident

American Khalil

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT

Let’s all give Forest Dodge a big pat on the back and congratulate him on being named Employee of the Quarter for Cape Coral. For-est has been part of our Design and Engineering team since 2013 and is responsible for Tracking and validation on a majority of the parts creat-ed in both Sarasota and Cape Coral. He holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and recently completed ACMA training and certifica-tion for composites and vacuum infusion. Con-gratulations Forest!

Congratulations Josh Gartrell Sarasota Employee of the Quarter. Josh is an outstanding employee who is dedicated to his work in every way and always striving for perfection! His fun demeanor makes him a plea-sure to work with! Josh enjoys hunting, fishing, boating, and basi-cally anything that pertains to outside. Josh Is happily married and a proud father of a one year old son. Congratulations!

EMPLOYEES OF THE QUARTER- Sarasota Campus

Congratulations to our Safety Award winners. To be eligible to win a $100 prize for safety, an employee’s entire department must have had no recordable accidents; names of those people go in a hat for a drawing. Our September winners were: Cape Coral - Richard Nicholls, Francisco Colon, Karl Awiszus; Sarasota - Robert Lamb, David Verhoff, Bruce Collier. October winners were: Cape Coral - Ricky Thompson, Daniel Godinez & Hijino Torres; Sarasota - Nelson Rodriguez, Dieu St Louis,

Patrick Smith. Our November winners were: Cape Coral - Jose Rodriguez, Spenser Cook, Richard Davis, Dalvis Tuyas, Ivan Cruz, Jr.; Sarasota - Gua-dalupe Lozano, Juan Almendares, Jose Romero, Ronald Elliott, Jean Laurent.

Pictured from left to right are three big $100 Winners, Ricky Thompson, Daniel Godinez and Hijino Torres.

Julian Reyna 4-JanAlberto Garcia 7-JanKelley Stockstill 9-JanBill Mott 13-JanWilliam Grady 14-JanMitzi Sanders 15-JanMadsen Aime 20-JanRogelio Saldivar 20-JanRichard Salinas 21-JanSamuel Soto 21-JanAlfy Fernandez 22-JanIan Phillips 28-JanAquilino Barbosa 29-JanMac Spencer 29-JanDawn Swanger 31-JanRefugio Chavez 13-FebRudolph Scarlett 14-FebCleanta Seide 14-FebMaria Violante 16-FebBruce Collier 19-FebJoe Blackburn 5-MarJose Rodriguez 7-MarNelson Rodriguez, Jr 8-MarDalvis Tuyas Valido 8-MarBob Long 10-MarYanara Santos 12-MarJoe Dixon 17-MarKevin Long 17-MarRicky Thompson 17-MarDieufaite St Louis 18-MarBenjamin Suggs 19-MarIsmael Dilan 20-MarBryan Houser 22-MarChris Hughes 22-MarEdwin Fermin 24-MarLudgerio Inchautegui 26-Mar

- Cape Coral Facility

They got a Franklin for Working

Proud American, Khalil Bacchus, is a 4 year veteran of JRL Ventures / Ma-rine Concepts and believes this com-pany is the reason why he is in Florida. Khalil was born in British Guyana (at

the time under the rule of Queen eliza-beth II and in 1966 given independence). His Mother, brother and sisters moved to the United States and he followed on June 12, 2004. He heard such wonder-ful things and wanted to become a con-tributing member of this great nation. He is a U.S. Citizen and is excited to be an American and loves his job immensely!

JRL/MC employees collected enough food at their Sarasota and Cape Coral facilities to feed over 50 families for Thanksgiving! John Long headed up the Cape project while Alan Mowbray took the lead at the Sarasota plant. The Cape’s donations went to the Cape Coral Caring Center and Sarasota’s went to The Food Bank of Manatee County. Thank you for your donations!

Thanksgiving for many....from Sarasota

& Cape Coral’s caring Tool-makers and Teams!

2014ServiceAwards

We would like to acknowl-edge and congratulate these milestone team members for their many years of service. Their continued support in the company has enabled it to grow and develop into the fantastic business it is today. We could not have done it without all of your hard work and dedication!

35 Years- 1979Bryan Houser

20 Years -1994Rogelio SaldivarBenjamin Lerma

Bob LongKaren Long

Jose SaldivarGerardo Saldivar

Carl Aversa

15 Years - 1999Kevin Long

10 Years - 2004Todd Biddison

5 Years - 2009Francisco MaciasHernan Fonseca

Joseph IsraelSteve Swarts

Miami Boat Show - February 12th – 16thMiami Beach, FL

NMMA American Boating Congress - May 11-13Washington, DC

IBEX - Sept 15-17Louisville, KY

CAMX - Oct 27-29Dallas, TX

SEMA - Nov 3-6Las Vegas, NV

2015 Shows

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

In response to a request from ACMA (American Composites Manufacturers Association) to produce a pre-conference seminar, Sidney Lanier (JRL/MC Director of Engineering) was honored to present and went above and beyond by developing an extremely educa-tional program at CAMX (Composites & Advanced Materi-als Expo) titled “Composite Tooling Methods and Design”.

Beginning with a short piece on the history and evolution of composites manufacturing, attendees were walked through the entire tooling process from initial concept to completed tooling and first article part construction with an emphasis on planning and preparation. Throughout the presentation specific details were provided concerning methods and de-sign, concept development, engineering and analysis, 3D data acquisition, CAD modeling, construction, multi axis routers, and tooling. As one of the top naval architects in the country and overseeing the most knowledgeable engineers and

composite experts in the tooling industry, Sidney was very comfort-able and an ideal choice to represent JRL/MC for the three hour long seminar.

Lanier reviewed JRL Ventures/Marine Concepts capabilities to fully cater from conceptual design, R&D, CNC Milling/Tooling, and lim-ited run production. For additional information visit the JRL Ven-tures, Inc. and Marine Concepts websites.

Lanier “Molds” Audience at CAMX

We are excited to be in the middle of our busy show season! This time of year gives us the opportunity to see many Customers and Friends and catch up, and we are proud to see many of the projects we teamed up with our customers to produce on display.

At IBEX, we were excited to see the increase in attendance and ex-hibitors at the show in Tampa this year. It was great seeing current and prospective customers and being able to discuss past, current and future projects. It’s very motivating to see that business is good for many and, while not over the top, steady growth continues.

Also in October, we exhibited at the first CAMX (Composites and Ad-vanced Materials Expo) Show in Orlando which was combined with the SAMPE (Society for the Advancement of Material and Process En-gineering) Conference. This was a great start to consolidating the com-posites groups. Traffic was very strong here as well. And just like IBEX, it was good to see the positive energy and steady growth of so many of our Customers. Having the two shows combined also created an even larger amount of seminars to learn about new processes. We met with many of our marine customers at the Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show. It was amazing to see the finished product from all of the tooling we produced over the last year. There are some very exciting and innovative boats available, more so than ever before!

Having two fantastic magazine articles highlighting Marine Concepts certainly helped us as well. The featured article in Professional Boat Builder and the Composite Manufacturing article featuring Boston Whaler and Marine Concepts working together on new technology were awesome.

At the beginning of December we exhibited at I/ITSEC in Orlando. We were able to see our very valued simulator customers there. We also vis-ited many customers at the Marine Dealers Conference and the IAAPA Show as well -- this is where theme parks and attractions display their new rides. Very exciting!

As we welcome 2015 we are starting on some very exciting and inter-esting projects in the marine industry. Those customers who planned their projects well enough in advance have been able to lock down sev-eral production slots while saving 5% on their entire project by submit-ting complete, mill-ready files as part of our first-ever sales promotion held in October. We will continue to be ready and prepared to assist our customers in all-inclusive new product development projects, small or large tooling, or anything in between.

From myself, my wife Debra, and my entire family to you and yours, we thank you for your loyalty and dedication and wish you health, happi-ness, and success this Holiday season as well as in the New Year ahead. Thank you to our customers, employees (and their families), vendors, and friends for your continued support! See you at the next shows!

Sincerely,

Matt Chambers

MATT’sMENTIONSPresident

American Khalil

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT

Let’s all give Forest Dodge a big pat on the back and congratulate him on being named Employee of the Quarter for Cape Coral. For-est has been part of our Design and Engineering team since 2013 and is responsible for Tracking and validation on a majority of the parts creat-ed in both Sarasota and Cape Coral. He holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and recently completed ACMA training and certifica-tion for composites and vacuum infusion. Con-gratulations Forest!

Congratulations Josh Gartrell Sarasota Employee of the Quarter. Josh is an outstanding employee who is dedicated to his work in every way and always striving for perfection! His fun demeanor makes him a plea-sure to work with! Josh enjoys hunting, fishing, boating, and basi-cally anything that pertains to outside. Josh Is happily married and a proud father of a one year old son. Congratulations!

A NEWSLETTER FOR CUSTOMERS, EMPLOYEES, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS

2443 SW Pine Island RoadCape Coral, FL 33991Phone: 239-283-0800Fax: 239-283-3332

Sarasota Facility6805 15th Street EastSarasota, FL 34243www.jrlventuresinc.cominfo@jrlventuresinc.comwww.marineconcepts.cominfo@marineconcepts.com

Bob Long

Wow, another year gone by and what a year! On the World scene we have had wars, race issues, immigration problems, stock market all over the place, and we had some big elec-tions. Thankfully we seem to be ending the year with many of these things behind us… and a very positive outlook to begin 2015.

On the business front it also has been a very interesting year. We started out the first full year in the 300,000 sq.ft. Sarasota facility

with a shop full of new projects like helicopter training simulators, theme park rides and many new marine projects. In the first half of 2014 we experienced a phenomenal all-time record in business… and although it slowed a little in late summer as dealer shows, vacations, new budgets, and the boating season came to a close, we are thankful to say now that sales for the plant have again become brisk. We expect to end 2014 and enter 2015 with a great backlog and sales.

We have grown our base of CNC robotic routers to 7 and our group of experts to 180. This has allowed us to keep our customers happy with good quality, on-time delivery and professional service.In addition to standard FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) open molds, we are now specialists in closed molds, such as RTM (resin transfer molding), vacuum bagged & infusion molds, and capable of doing epoxy and some metal molds. Due to this capability we are now into many other markets such as wind energy, training simulators, amuse-ment parks, government and public vehicles, aerospace, and military contracts.

This did not just happen, and it certainly was not overnight! We sent people to school, we worked with colleges, we hired experts, we trained people for new things, we bought new equipment and soft-ware… and it is paying off. Our people have worked hard, studied hard, and put some real effort into improving themselves and the Company.

This year completes my 20th year of owning JRL Ventures/Marine Concepts, my 45th year in this business. Some of you may remember our first grandchild (we now have 12 grandchildren), Christina Long, from our early days when she was pictured as a toddler on my lap working on the computer. Well, she is 18 now and in her senior year of high school and a beautiful young lady. How time flies.

A MESSAGE FROM BOB

Pictured above left Bob with baby Christina. Above right Christina at a recent family gathering.

cont.~

JRL Ventures / Marine Concepts

Boston Whaler Teams up with MarineConcepts on New 420 Outrage Project?

A Message from Bob - cont.~

As we close another great year, we thank our awesome employees, our loyal customers, our reliable suppliers and everyone who has given us support. From our family to yours… we wish you a very Merry Christmas, and a wonderful New Year.

Sincerely,

Bob Long

Boston Whaler has long been a valued customer of Marine Concepts and looked to the tooling experts for a solution to a weight concern regarding the mold for a brand new larger model – the 420 Outrage. The company presented the project with a requirement that the mold weigh no more than 60,000 lbs.

In a recent feature article in Composites Manufacturing Magazine’s Nov/Dec issue, if built using traditional methods, the completed mold would have weighed over 90,000 lbs. After the design was completed using CAD software, the Marine Concepts engineers, along with sev-eral contracted partners, went to work on an infused laminate sched-ule using CNC milled cored flat panel for structure and an intricate steel exoskeleton affixed using composite glue. The finished mold not only met the weight requirement; Boston Whaler reported that the mold strength met the analysis.

“What we have learned on this proj-ect can be easily transferred to other tools where weight is a critical parameter,” said Chris Wachowski, Boston Whaler, Director of Product Development..

Read the entire Composites Magazine article on this project by going to our website at www.marineconcepts.com.

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