Abstract:
Regulator Marine Inc., based in Edenton, is Business North Carolina's Small Business of the Year. Owners Joan and Owen Maxwell build high-quality, center console fishing boats, priced between $37,000 and $120,000. Since 1997, Regulator's workforce has doubled, and the plant has added two production lines. The company is on schedule to build 200 boats and earn $10.8 million in 1999.