A conversation with Mercury Racing's Rick Mackie
Mackie, who retires this month, talks about his time with Mercury and his plans for the future.
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Mercury Marine is a division of Illinois-based Brunswick Corp. that makes outboard, sterndrive, inboard and jet-drive engines for boats.
Brunswick’s ‘pivotal’ quarter
As it transitions into a “pure-play marine company,” Brunswick is looking at headwinds for the second half of the year.
Towing a bigger pyramid
The Rock Aqua Jays water-skiing team, with a Guinness World Record for the largest human pyramid, recently upgraded its towboat to Mercury Racing’s 300R outboards.
The perfect fit
As president of Mercury Marine, Chris Drees calls on his previous experience within the company.
VIDEO: Mercury Racing puts the 450R through its paces
The new engine has the best power-to-weight ratio among outboards.
Wisconsin father-son team wins Mercury national walleye tournament
The winning margin was less than a pound.
A $9 million fire-breathing dragon
Mercury’s automated diecast machine, weighing more than 100,000 lbs., measuring 16 feet across and operated by robots, will be turning out new V8 blocks by the end of the summer.
U.S. appeals court reverses $5.4 million decision against Brunswick
The court ruled that Brunswick Corp. had not infringed on Cobalt’s patented retractable swim step.
Mercury facility achieves ‘Zero Waste to Landfill’ designation
The company is making strides toward sustainability efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Mercury names new president of Power Products
Tom Schuessler (left), most recently president of Land ‘N’ Sea, will take over Power Products. Mike Conners (right), vice president of national sales at Land ‘N’ Sea, will take over as president of that Mercury division.
Mercury breaks ground on propeller shop expansion
The company is adding 30,000-square feet to the casting facility.
John Pfeifer has new job at specialty vehicles firm
The former president of Mercury Marine is the new executive vice president and chief operating officer at Oshkosh Corp.
Mercury Marine names new president
Chris Drees, formerly president of Mercury’s P&A division, will replace John Pfeifer.
Mercury renews B.A.S.S. sponsorship
The engine builder said it would sponsor many different tournaments and other components of the fishing organization.
Mercury wins iF design award for V-6 outboards
The company won the design award in 2015 and 2014 as well.
Mercury named Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year for the third time
The engine manufacturer has a reported annual impact of more than $4 billion on the Fond du Lac economy.
MIAMI 2019: Mercury unveils 400-hp Verado outboard
The non-Mercury Racing engine is aimed at a wider variety of production boats.
We try out new assisted docking system
Raymarine DockSense wouldn’t let us hit anything.
Mercury to increase capacity
Brunswick CEO David Foulkes hints at the possibility of entering new categories.
Mercury, Raymarine collaborate on assisted docking
The system will be demonstrated at the Miami International Boat Show later this month.
Mercury introduces propane-burning engine
The 5-hp outboard reportedly produces 30 percent lower emissions than gasoline.
Mercury celebrating 80th anniversary in 2019
Company will commemorate the milestone with multiple functions throughout the year.
NMMA: Brunswick’s tariff exemption shows “unworkable nature of the trade actions”
The group is pushing to open an exemption process for the last round of tariffs announced in late summer.