Soundcast, developer and manufacturer of high-performance outdoor music systems, has added Tom Dixon to its leadership team. As its new vice president of marketing, Dixon will work closely with Soundcast’s dealers, distribution partners, sales team, and management to deliver the marketing support needed to increase Soundcast’s brand awareness, growth in…

Shademaker, the premier line of commercial umbrellas for restaurants, resorts, country clubs, and highend residential designers, has added its newest designs, the Astral-TC and the Polaris, to its 2014 collections. Each design offers advanced functionality in multiple sizes.

Jeff B. Dorough, vice president of sales and marketing for Shademaker…

Celebrating 125 years in business, Pawleys Island® Hammocks is introducing, for 2015, a line of handsome, virtually maintenance- free, all-weather porch furniture inspired by life in the Low country South. Crafted of solid Durawood™high-density–polyethylene lumber manufactured from recycled plastic milk jugs, each of the casual chairs, rockers, footstools, tables, and…

Jay Weber, a 25-year veteran of the outdoor-furniture industry, has joined NorthCape International as its national account manager. In this role, he will supervise special projects, including the debut of teak, which was introduced at the 2014 ICFA Preview Show™.

Tom Murray, president of NorthCape, says, “We’re excited that…

Surya has appointed Jim Levine to the newly created role of vice president of Surya Outdoor. Levine is a veteran of the casual-furniture industry, where he has spent the past 32 years overseeing business operations, sales/marketing, supply-chain management, and product design for a variety of outdoor-product lines.

In his…