Saskatchewan-based Shuttle Craft Canada, Inc. certainly qualifies as one of the country's leading business success stories. The company recently opened a new 40,000-square-foot facility in Floral, Saskatchewan. Guests of honour at the event included Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow.

The Prime Minister congratulated company principals Wayne Washington, Dan Beaulac and Trevor Hewison on their phenomenal success. "They illustrate how our young people, through good ideas, planning and hard work can create jobs and economic growth in our communities," he said. "Shuttle Craft used their Team Canada involvement to further position their product in the global market. Their new South Korean contacts prove that Team Canada works."

Shuttle Craft Canada Inc. builds a widely popular serni-V-hull boat that turns a personal watercraft into a jet boat, capable of transporting five passengers. The Shuttle Craft currently fits over 45 different models and each year new custom rails are developed to fit new PWC.

Beaulac, president of Shuttle Craft Canada, and Wayne Washington, director of global sales and marketing, won the 1996 Saskatchewan Young Entrepreneur of the year Award from the Business Development Bank of Canada. The company also won the 1996 Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce Achievement in Business Excellence Award for Exports.

Shuttle Craft currently has 270 dealers on board in the U.S. and Canada, and 40 distributors outside North America.

(Excerpts taken from Power Boating Canada Vol. 12 #2 Dealer News)