Editing Avon Inflatables (section)

== History ==
The company was founded in 1959 in the town of [[Bradford on Avon]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[Wiltshire]], and moved to its current location in the 1960s. During the 1990's the hulls were built in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, initially under license by Galt Composites & later as part of Avon Inflatables.<ref name="aboutus">{{cite web|title=Avon Inflatables Ltd. - About Avon Inflatables|url=http://www.avoninflatables.co.uk/page/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060417210236/http://www.avoninflatables.co.uk/page/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2006|accessdate=20 March 2017|date=17 April 2006}}</ref>

Until 1994, Avon Inflatables formed part of [[Avon Rubber]], but the business was then sold and now operates independently of its former parent. Since 1998, the company has been a division of the French company [[Zodiac Marine & Pool]] before being taken over by the Zodiac Group's Military and Professional division, which in 2012 became an independent company named [[Zodiac Milpro]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidermedia.com/news/wales/84916-rebrand-avon-inflatables-after-acquisition|title=Rebrand for Avon Inflatables after takeover|publisher=Insider Media|date=14 February 2013|accessdate=27 February 2020}}</ref>

In 2019, Avon launched an electric jet-drive tender. The dinghy is powered by a battery from the [[BMW i3]] car and was developed in partnership with Torqeedo, owned by [[Deutz AG]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boatmaginternational.com/10489-new-2019-avon-torqeedo-ejet-450-electric-tender/|title=New in 2019: Avon and Torqeedo launch the eJET 450 electric tender -|date=2018-09-14|website=Boatmag International|language=it-IT|access-date=2019-09-12}}</ref>