Bentley Pontoons of Lexington, S.C., has expanded its manufacturing operations into this building on the south side of Milford. Photo by Keith Knepp.

By Keith Knepp
InkFreeNews

MILFORD — A new boat manufacturer has entered the Kosciusko County scene.

Bentley Pontoons, a company based in Lexington, S.C., recently added a manufacturing plant on the south side of Milford at the site formerly utilized by Bison Trailers on SR 15.

Recently owned by Encore Boat Builders, the brand has been sold to a newly formed company, Bentley Acquisition LLC. According to the company’s website, Bentley manufactures four different series of pontoon boats with base prices ranging from $23,000
to $52,000.

According to Anjanette Davis, sales coordinator at the Milford plant, Bentley Pontoons was looking to expand their business footprint and saw an opportunity in Kosciusko County to get into the Indiana market.

Davis noted that the company has started with approximately 20 employees in Milford but hopes to expand to a larger workforce as the company garners a greater share of the marketplace.

She added that while the company will continue to build a majority of their boats in South Carolina, they plan to construct all models of their inventory in Milford as well.