Month: August 2013

(Aug. 14, 2013) -- On Tuesday, Travis County commissioners unanimously approved the nonprofit Mobile Loaves & Fishes’ plans for a 27-acre development that would house about 200 chronically homeless people in RVs, small homes and tepees, writes the Austin American-Statesman.

(Aug. 14, 2013) -- Ken Franks began operating Ken's RVs in Midland in 2000. In the beginning, sales revolved entirely around Midlanders purchasing RVs for recreation. Since the start of the oil boom, however, the focus of his business has changed, writes the Midland Reporter-Telegram.

(Aug. 14, 2013) -- Grant Adamson, owner of Malibu Beach RV Park, died Aug. 6 when a hot-air balloon carrying him and his family crashed near the western Swiss town of Montbovon, the Los Angeles Times reported.

(Aug. 14, 2013) -- Last week, two concrete picnic tables were vandalized at Delmoe Lake Campground. Benches were broken, and one was completely torn free of the bolts. On Monday, the U.S. Forest Service said enough is enough, reports the Billings Gazette.

(Aug. 14, 2013) -- "After the Spring 2013 sessions, many students took the course for their personal use to care for their own RV," said Cooper. "Some are marketing themselves as campground technicians to future employers and many are taking their skills and becoming RV Inspectors and starting their own small businesses."

(Aug. 14, 2013) -- La Mesa RV Center is celebrating the grand opening of its fourth sales center in Florida. The 122,000-square-foot facility, located at 8005 15th Street East in Sarasota, is the only known air-conditioned RV dealer facility of its kind in the state of Florida.

(Aug. 14, 2013) -- Clem’s RV and Trailer Sales of Ellwood City, Pa., announced today it is expanding for the first time in its 49 year history. The new dealership will be located just north of Fredericksburg, Va., on 2-plus acres just off Interstate 95 on Route 1 in historic Stafford County.

(Aug. 14, 2013) -- Cummins Filtration, a division of Cummins Inc., today introduced a new Fleetguard Product Catalog mobile phone application -- a practical and time-saving way for users to quickly find products that fit a specific vehicle or engine.

(Aug. 14, 2013) -- TriMas Corporation announced today that the company closed on a transaction to sell the operating assets of its Rieke Italia business for a sale price of approximately $10 million. Rieke Italia specialized in the manufacture of ring and lever closures for steel drums and pails serving the industrial market in Europe.

(Aug. 14, 2013) -- Cummins Inc. CFO Pat Ward sold 4,000 shares of stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, Aug. 12, reports Zolmax. The shares were sold at an average price of $124.95, for a total value of $499,800.00.