For many years marine entities have been working independently, spending millions of dollars to connect disparate systems. The Marine Association for Technology Exchange Standards (MATES) - a consortium of marine OEM’s, Dealers, Internet Brokers, DMS providers, Parts Suppliers, CRM solutions, Financial Institutions, Trade Associations, and Special Interest Groups is dedicated to successfully developing, implementing, and supporting a common set of communication and data exchange standards.

MATES members are working to develop, implement, and support a common set of communication and data exchange standards for the marine industry. MATES has three targeted objectives:

• Create an open, non-proprietary, standard XML message that is application independent.
• Create a common marine industry-wide communications standard to support these messages.
• Reduce the cost of interface development.

Membership in the association is open to corporations, firms, partnerships, that qualify for one of the three classes of membership:

• Manufacturers: Members of NMMA that manufacture boats, engines or accessories for sale in North America.
• Component manufacturers: Members of NMMA that manufacture components and equipment for sale in North America.
• Marine Dealers: Companies who provide a service to the industry, including finance companies, DMS providers, software and internet solution providers.

For more information, fill out the Contact Us form, e-mail MATESinfo@nmma.org or call John Warnik, Executive Director, MATES (p) 312.946.6295.