Month: December 2013

There are plenty of jobs in Indiana’s St. Joseph County, but local manufacturing companies say hiring and keeping skilled workers isn’t easy. According to a report by WSBT, South Bend, a new workforce initiative program is aiming to change that. St. Joseph County abuts Elkhart County, home to the manufacturing hub for the RV industry. [...]

(Dec. 6, 2013) -- Noah Goldstein is looking to bring traditional Chinese medicine to the people with The Acupuncture Bus mobile clinic. The Boulder County Business Report shares his story.

(Dec. 6, 2013) -- CareerCast.com has ranked 200 jobs from best to worst based on five criteria: physical demands, work environment, income, stress, and hiring outlook, the Wall Street Journal reported. To compile its list, the firm primarily used data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other government agencies.

(Dec. 6, 2013) -- "Overall, today’s data are consistent with our forecast for personal spending to pick up to a 2.5 percent annualized pace in the fourth quarter. Further employment gains and decent personal income growth, along with wealth effects related to an improving housing market, should continue support stronger consumer spending in 2014."

(Dec. 6, 2013) -- With advanced GFCI receptacles from Hubbell Marine and Hubbell/Wirecon, occupants of boats, marinas, RVs and homes near water remain safe in the event of a ground fault, the company announced today. All advanced GFCI receptacles comply with the Underwriter Laboratories (UL) 943 mandate.

(Dec. 6, 2013) -- Brad Cyman was appointed regional sales manager for the Cruiser Fun Finder, Fun Finder XTRA and Shadow Cruiser lines. Zach Weaver ran the central United States and Canadian territory selling Viewfinder Signature, Radiance and Enterra lines. He has now been moved to internal sales at Cruiser to its Plant 1 facility in Howe to manage the Fun Finder, Fun Finder XTRA and Shadow Cruiser lines.

A year ago Ron and Bill Fenech and Don Clark had a poster with a drawing of recreational vehicles on it. That was the extent of their new RV company. A year later, the partners were busy hosting dealers at their display of RVs that looked very similar to that drawing on the poster. The [...]

Howe, Ind.-based Cruiser RV recently appointed Brad Cyman to regional sales manager for its Fun Finder, Fun Finder XTRA and Shadow Cruiser lines. According to a press release, Cyman’s sales territory will include Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia in Canada, along with North Dakota, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, [...]

Industry leaders have touted the international expansion of the RV market as one of the indicators of the industry’s recovery. But, according to a report in the Elkhart (Ind.) Truth, local manufacturers and suppliers are mainly still in the “getting-to-know-you” stage with many foreign companies and haven’t seen a real influx of international products into the [...]

An RV water heater systems distance learning course will begin in January. PRVCA will give employees of members a 50 percent reimbursement on tuition and textbooks.