MOBBY'S WATERSPORT AND SCUBA DIVING COMPANY OPENS NORTH AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN BEAVERTON
News Release from City of Beaverton
Posted on FlashAlert: November 3rd, 2015 8:22 AM
BEAVERTON, Ore. - Mobby's, a watersports company and the largest manufacturer of scuba diving suits in Japan, opened its North American headquarters in Beaverton earlier this month. Mobby's USA will be located at 1800 NW 169th Place, Suite B110, in Beaverton.
The Beaverton office will oversee sales, marketing, and distribution for the Mobby's brand of diving suits in the United States and Canada. The company selected Beaverton for its reputation as "an epicenter of outdoor, sport, and leisure activities."
Business Oregon, the state's business development department, worked closely with the city's economic development team to help bring the international company to Oregon.
"Business Oregon was instrumental in recruiting Mobby's to Beaverton," said Mayor Denny Doyle. "We believe in collaboration. When Business Oregon invited me on a recruiting trip to Japan last year, I couldn't have imagined how successful the trip would be for Beaverton and the state of Oregon."
Mobby's will be attending the upcoming Diving Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA) trade show in Orlando, Florida, from November 4 to 7.
For more information on Mobby's, contact North American general manager Mark Ross at mark@mobbys-usa.com. For more information on Business Oregon, contact Ryan Frank at ryan.frank@oregon.gov. To learn more about the city's business retention and recruitment program, contact Mike Williams at mwilliams@BeavertonOregon.gov.
ABOUT BEAVERTON
Beaverton is a welcoming and responsible city that enjoys one of the most diverse populations in Oregon. In 2015, Beaverton was recognized as the safest city in the Pacific Northwest (according to CQ Press for cities more than 75,000). Recently, the city's award-winning finance department received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award as well as the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. In 2012, the city was awarded the Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was named one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine and recognized as one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine. The city was named one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com and one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine. The city also received the Recycler of the Year award from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, named a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, recei ved a Silver Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists, and recognized as one of the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Communities. Lastly, the city's nationally acclaimed visioning program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter and also received the prestigious 3CMA Award of Excellence.
For more information, reminders and community news, visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov. Also follow Beaverton on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CityofBeaverton, or Twitter at www.twitter.com/CityofBeaverton.
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The Beaverton office will oversee sales, marketing, and distribution for the Mobby's brand of diving suits in the United States and Canada. The company selected Beaverton for its reputation as "an epicenter of outdoor, sport, and leisure activities."
Business Oregon, the state's business development department, worked closely with the city's economic development team to help bring the international company to Oregon.
"Business Oregon was instrumental in recruiting Mobby's to Beaverton," said Mayor Denny Doyle. "We believe in collaboration. When Business Oregon invited me on a recruiting trip to Japan last year, I couldn't have imagined how successful the trip would be for Beaverton and the state of Oregon."
Mobby's will be attending the upcoming Diving Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA) trade show in Orlando, Florida, from November 4 to 7.
For more information on Mobby's, contact North American general manager Mark Ross at mark@mobbys-usa.com. For more information on Business Oregon, contact Ryan Frank at ryan.frank@oregon.gov. To learn more about the city's business retention and recruitment program, contact Mike Williams at mwilliams@BeavertonOregon.gov.
ABOUT BEAVERTON
Beaverton is a welcoming and responsible city that enjoys one of the most diverse populations in Oregon. In 2015, Beaverton was recognized as the safest city in the Pacific Northwest (according to CQ Press for cities more than 75,000). Recently, the city's award-winning finance department received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award as well as the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. In 2012, the city was awarded the Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was named one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine and recognized as one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine. The city was named one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com and one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine. The city also received the Recycler of the Year award from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, named a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, recei ved a Silver Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists, and recognized as one of the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Communities. Lastly, the city's nationally acclaimed visioning program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter and also received the prestigious 3CMA Award of Excellence.
For more information, reminders and community news, visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov. Also follow Beaverton on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CityofBeaverton, or Twitter at www.twitter.com/CityofBeaverton.
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