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Safe Boats International (Port Orchard)

Runner-up: Manufacturing Innovation of the Year (Midsize Companies)
|   June 2010   |  FROM THE PRINT EDITION

Forget big. In dealing with maritime security threats of today and tomorrow, what the military and other protective agencies need is small, fast, highly maneuverable yet still lethal watercraft. That’s what Safe Boats International makes: boats up to 70 feet in length that can get to the scene of trouble in a hurry. Such has been the backlog of orders for Safe Boats that it has built employment up to 300.

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