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August 07, 2026 Year: 2017
Location: Tampa, USA
Booth No.: 3108
Exhibition: IBEX – International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition & Conference
In 2017, HIGRACE Hardware Limited participated in IBEX (International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition & Conference) in Tampa at Booth 3108, presenting its marine hardware product range, customized packaging solutions, and OEM manufacturing capabilities to boat builders, marine hardware distributors, wholesalers, rigging suppliers, and other professional buyers.
The exhibition display focused on three main areas: a comprehensive selection of marine hardware, customized retail packaging, and product development capabilities supported by manufacturing processes such as lost wax casting, forging, stamping, die casting, and CNC machining.
A major part of HIGRACE’s IBEX 2017 display was its range of anchoring and docking hardware for boats, yachts, marinas, and related marine applications.
The showcased products included:
These components support vessel anchoring, mooring, docking, berthing, deck installation, and general onboard use.
For marine hardware distributors and boat builders, combining these related product categories through one supplier can simplify product matching and purchasing.
HIGRACE also presented marine rigging and sail control hardware, including:
These products are commonly used in marine connections, sailboat rigging, wire rope assemblies, fastening, and tension adjustment.
HIGRACE’s broader product range also includes clips, thimbles, swivels, terminals, blocks, pulleys, hooks, links, and other components that allow buyers to build more complete marine rigging hardware product lines.
Marine environments require hardware capable of resisting moisture, salt spray, and outdoor exposure.
At IBEX 2017, HIGRACE highlighted marine hardware available in marine-grade stainless steel 316, together with selected carbon steel products with hot-dip galvanized finishes. These material options offer corrosion resistance and durability for marine applications.
The displayed products were therefore relevant to buyers sourcing:
HIGRACE positioned its booth as a destination for distributors, wholesalers, and boat builders seeking a broad marine hardware range from one supplier.
Buyers can combine products from several related categories, including shackles, clips, thimbles, swivels, snap hooks, links, rings, chains, rigging hardware, anchors, cleats, deck fittings, rail fittings, blocks, pulleys, and boat accessories.
This one-stop sourcing approach can help professional buyers reduce supplier coordination while improving product matching across connected marine hardware categories.
In addition to hardware products, HIGRACE displayed several customized packaging solutions at IBEX 2017.
Available packaging options included:
Packaging can be customized with customers’ own logos and designs, supporting private-label programs and ready-to-sell products for retail shelves and supermarkets.
This service is particularly suitable for marine hardware distributors, wholesalers, importers, retailers, and private-label brands that require both product sourcing and customized presentation.
HIGRACE also used the exhibition to demonstrate its custom manufacturing and new product development capabilities.
Special samples represented experience in:
These manufacturing processes support customers seeking customized products, new marine hardware development, and OEM components based on specific requirements.
For customers with drawings or samples, HIGRACE can support the development of products with specific structures, materials, dimensions, and applications.
An important part of HIGRACE’s manufacturing capability is stainless steel precision investment casting, also known as lost wax casting.
This manufacturing process is suitable for producing complex stainless steel components used in marine, rigging, fastening, and connection applications.
Combined with forging, stamping, die casting, and CNC machining, it allows HIGRACE to serve customers requiring both standard catalog marine hardware and customized OEM products.
IBEX provided HIGRACE with an opportunity to meet professional buyers from the boatbuilding and marine equipment industries.
At Booth 3108, visitors could explore a combination of anchors, chains, bollards, cleats, shackles, snap hooks, quick links, turnbuckles, marine deck hardware, customized packaging, and custom-manufactured samples.
The exhibition reflected HIGRACE’s focus on serving:
HIGRACE’s participation in IBEX 2017 in Tampa demonstrated its capabilities across marine hardware manufacturing, stainless steel rigging hardware, anchoring and docking hardware, customized packaging, and OEM product development.
By combining a broad catalog with engineering and custom manufacturing support, HIGRACE provides professional B2B buyers with a flexible sourcing solution for both standard and customized marine hardware.
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