a deployed zodiac boat zodiac nautic is a french company best known for their widely used small inflatable boats . in 1998 the company acquired the llanelli based competitor avon inflatables . in 2008 the carlyle group acquired the marine and pool division of zodiac aerospace . in 2012 opengate capital acquired the marine division and named it zodiac nautic . 1 in financial trouble the company was sold to private owners in 2015 . 2 zodiac boat edit the zodiac inflatable boats are commonly used by the united states military . zodiac boats were brought into american popular culture in the late 1960s . they were ubiquitous in the popular television documentary series the undersea world of jacques cousteau . the word zodiac is a registered trademark for rigid hulled inflatable boats . references edit opengate capital signs agreement to acquire zodiac recreational from zodiac marine & pool flibs 2015 zodiac nautic president maps out brand s revival external links edit official website v t e zodiac aerospace subsidiaries zodiac seats uk zodiac seats u.s. former subsidiaries zodiac nautic avon inflatables related articles the carlyle group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title zodiac nautic & oldid 701729801 categories french boat builderscarlyle grouphidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran aisitaliano norsk bokm lsvenska edit links this page was last modified on 26 january 2016 at 06 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view