Harbercraft Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Vernon, BC-based WestWinn Group, manufacturer of Harbercraft, Jetcraft and Kingfisher boats, is celebrating Harbercraft's 50th anniversary with a major factory expansion.

The company announced its new 52,000 square-foot manufacturing facility should be complete next month. The new facility, named the WestWinn Group Center of Excellence, is designed to increase efficiencies and accelerate R&D. It will staff 85 employees and use a flexible manufacturing platform that will allow faster product development and advanced testing from its R&D hub. The company also reported that its commitment to R&D led to its most important design advancement, the Pre-Flex hull, along with 19 new products and 110 upgrades in the last two years.

Mike Clements, Harbercraft production manager, Tim Osborn, product specialist
and Byron Bolton, president of WestWinn Group, discuss the floor plan for the new
WestWinn Centre of Excellence.

“WestWinn serves three primary segments,” explains Byron Bolton, president and owner of the WestWinn Group.  “Our product focus is on the freshwater fishing enthusiast, the offshore deepwater fisherman and the extreme river jet boater. We also serve the commercial, security, fire & rescue, charter and research markets with our custom vessels.”