Private company

Glastron

American manufacturer of watercraft

Glastron is a boat manufacturing company and was one of the first manufacturers of fiberglass boats. Glastron is owned by Rec Boat Holdings, a subsidiary of Groupe Beneteau. Bob Hammond, Bill Gaston, Bob Shoop, and Guy Woodard founded the company on October 14, 1956, in Austin, Texas.2 It is part of Beneteau Group.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Glastron V-142 Skilifte Forum Marinum 1
Photo: MKFI, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Glastron is a boat manufacturing company and was one of the first manufacturers of fiberglass boats. Glastron is owned by Rec Boat Holdings, a subsidiary of Groupe Beneteau.2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Beneteau Group

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1956Founded Founded1

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