Press Releases 12/06/07 Marine Dealer Trader Joins MATES 09/17/07 Industry Groups Gather at IBEX for E-Commerce Standards Summit 08/14/07 MATES Endorses Partners Standard Protocol (PSP) 06/28/07 MATES to Host Pavilion at MAATS 03/27/07 MATES to Form Dealer Locator Standard 12/04/06 MATES Standard Retrieves Sales Leads Through DiscoverBoating.com 10/13/06 MATES to Host Open House During IBEX 2006 09/08/06 Officers Elected for 2006 MATES Board of Directors

What if there was an easier way to exchange data, reduce the complexity of your IT environment, and realize more value from your database management investments? Would you be interested?

We have good news. The medium exists and automotive and other industries have proven it works! It�s called XML. By standardizing the way we exchange data through XML our entire industry can communicate seamlessly, relaying inventory, parts, warranty, lead, finance, and other information in real-time with significantly less effort.

MATES Vision
Do more business by making it simpler to transact business! Simpler includes cheaper, faster, more efficient, and without communication barriers.

MATES Mission
To catalyze and unite the marine industry in developing, implementing, and supporting a common set of communication and data exchange standards.

MATES wants to create an environment where people and companies in the industry can focus on value added activity and spend more time making and selling product without dealing with all the paperwork complexity we deal with today due to inefficient communication among business partners by creating a STAR compliant, standard, open platform for transacting business among all business partners in the marine industry using their legacy systems.