Company Profile

Western Marine Electronics (AKA: WESMAR)
Profile last edited on: 11/20/18      CAGE: 52312      UEI:

Business Identifier: Marine Electronics
Year Founded
1965
First Award
2001
Latest Award
2010
Program Status
Inactive
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Location Information

14120 NE 200th Street
Woodinville, WA 98072
   (425) 481-2296
   wesmar@wesmar.com
   www.wesmar.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 01
County: King

Public Profile

WESMAR designs and builds Sonar, Bow Thrusters and Roll Fin Stabilizers with advanced systems technology to provide the trawlers and seiners of the world the fishing advantage they need to compete; and pleasure boats and work boats around the world the ability to navigate, comfortably. Fishing companies, boat manufacturers and boat owners around the world specify WESMAR equipment on their vessels. Organizational Structure WESMAR designs and manufactures its products at an 82,000-foot facility near Seattle. At this location, the company maintains a sophisticated engineering design lab, prototype and test facilities, and a complete, modern and highly automated manufacturing department including a mold and machining facility with computerized machinery and test equipment. From this facility, WESMAR products are exported throughout the world for work in the fishing, sports, military and pleasure boat markets. Sales and Marketing WESMAR sales and marketing departments are divided along product lines with mechanical and commercial sonar departments and defense products divisions all sharing common engineering and manufacturing, accounting, personnel, purchasing and receiving departments. The differences are in the areas of distribution and markets. The mechanical and commercial sonar products are sold through dealer networks throughout the world that are serving markets appropriate to the product applications. The military products are sold directly from the factory. Research and Development WESMAR has long had a reputation in the industry as an innovative, creative and advanced product design company. Through its history, the company has committed an aggressive amount of its resources to research and development resulting in an average product development time of 9 months.

Extent of SBIR involvement

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Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
50-74
Revenue Range
5M-7.5M
VC funded?
No
Public/Private
Privately Held
Stock Info
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IP Holdings
1-4

Awards Distribution by Agency

Most Recent SBIR Projects

Year Phase Agency Total Amount
2010 1 Navy $69,800
Project Title: Forward Bathymetry Sensing for Safe High Speed Boat Operation
2003 2 Navy $659,237
Project Title: Integrated Underwater Sensing System for Platform Safety & Threat Alertment

Key People / Management

  Bruce H Blakey -- President

  S Black -- Promotion Manager

  Dennis Soderberg

  Richard D Williams