Boat builder leaving S. Florida
By Joseph Mann
Excerpt:
Mako Marine Inc., which makes recreational fishing boats in Opa-Locka [North Miami-Dade County], is moving its headquarters and manufacturing facilities to Forest City, N.C.
About 80 people work at the Opa-Locka plant, and a spokesman for the Tracker Marine Group, a Springfield, Mo.-based company that owns Mako, said the firm will offer severance and transfer opportunities to employees based on seniority.
Mako has been in Opa-Locka since 1966.
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