公司简介
Formula卓越哲学背后的指导力量是Victor B. Porter家族，董事长兼首席执行官Vic Porter和四个儿子和一个女儿积极管理业务。1962年，年轻的维克·波特(Vic Porter)开始建造和销售小型玻璃纤维跑道，在中西部和东北部大获成功。在波特担任总裁时，这些船以Duo, Incorporated的名义销售，是早期开发海洋玻璃纤维技术的船只之一。由于及时推出的产品和越来越多的认可，大型区域制造商星际争霸在1966年收购了Duo。波特继续担任了一段时间的总统。1970年，维克·波特再次发挥了他的企业家精神，与五位商业伙伴一起创立了Signa公司。这一冒险导致了在迪凯特制造的高质量三体船线，并在中西部和东部销售。在波特担任总裁的情况下，Signa日益增长的成功吸引了总部位于亚特兰大的福库工业集团的注意，该集团四年前收购了雷鸟/Formula。1973年，波特和其他五位主要所有者接受了福库公司收购Signa的提议。波特凭借他在游艇行业的专业知识，被任命为福库整个小船部门的总裁。 In mid-1976, Vic Porter purchased Thunderbird Products from Fuqua, with his family joining in the management team. The first Thunderbird models originated in 1956 in the Miami, Florida area and were exclusively of trihull or "cathedral" design. Definitely proving their staying power and design merit, it was an eighteen-foot Thunderbird, which made the first successful Miami to Nassau sterndrive crossing in 1962. The trihull design was ultimately discontinued in 1979, with company emphasis placed on the offshore deep-V hull configuration of the Formula models. Formula, a company founded in Miami in 1962, introduced the 233 deep-V hull design, which earned notable victories on the national offshore racing circuit. While today's Formulas have matured well beyond the speed-only image, the popularity originating with past racing success is still quite evident. Formula was purchased in 1964 by an Ohio-based industrialist who also owned Thunderbird. Both Formula and Thunderbird models were then produced in a combined operation. The Porters' decision to consolidate corporate and production headquarters in the Midwest is based on employee work ethic and integrity factors. A product of such unusual quality requires a dedicated, conscientious work force, one that realizes the importance of personal commitment. Today, Vic Porter, chairman and CEO of Thunderbird, remains active in the business he knows so well. With the Porter family focusing on quality in every aspect it is certain that Thunderbird will continue to maintain Formula's reputation as the premier powerboat worldwide.
