Month: January 2015

Today’s video comes from NBC News offering a look at the legacy and the success of Jackson Center, Ohio-based Airstream Inc. To view the video click here or scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page.      

Editor’s Note: The following is an editorial that ran in the Goshen News touting the resurgence of the RV industry on Indiana’s Elkhart County, and the rollout of a planned RV job training program at Ivy Tech. This past week Tamara Keith of National Public Radio came Elkhart County to report on the area’s slow and […]

As car companies prepare to pull out of Australia, one motor-related industry has a good news story to tell. ABC News Australia reported that production of recreational vehicles, whether towed caravans or self-powered motorhomes, is booming. It is expected when final figures are released they will show Australian manufacturers built about 22,000 RVs in 2014. […]

Consumers were drawn to the wide variety of RVs on display during the RV and Outdoor Sports show at the Civic Center in Mankato, Minn., as participating dealers enjoyed strong sales. “We’re very optimistic it’s going to be a great year,” said Lisa Keepers of Keepers RV in Mankato. The Mankato Free Press reported that Kimberly Kroubetz, […]

On this week’s segment of “Rollin’ On TV” (ROTV), the crew revisits first-time RVers Randy and Pat Kolb. ROTV joined the Kolbs six months ago when they purchased their first travel trailer, tracking them through all the buying and orientation procedures and accompanying them on their first weekend camp out. This week, ROTV reports on how they […]

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Total wholesale shipments to retailers of all RVs surged to 26,736 units in the December survey of manufacturers, soaring 23.3% greater than the final month last year. This was the largest December total in nine years dating back to 2005. Seasonally adjusted, the December 2014 total reached an annualized rate of more than 375,000 units. […]

Total wholesale shipments to retailers of all RVs surged to 26,736 units in the December survey of manufacturers, soaring 23.3% greater than the final month last year. This was the largest December total in nine years dating back to 2005. Seasonally adjusted, the December 2014 total reached an annualized rate of more than 375,000 units. […]

Breaking into the RV industry can be tough without any experience, but a new program at Ivy Tech’s ’s Elkhart County campus aims to make process a little easier. As reported by the Elkhart Truth, the Ivy Tech Community College RV Industry Production Associate program is a 40-hour, five-day course that gives students hands-on training for RV and […]

Vanleigh RV, a startup company owned by members of the Tiffin family, is setting up a facility for the manufacture of fifth-wheels in an industrial park in Mississippi’s Tishomingo County. Officials tell The Daily Corinthian that Vanleigh RV is locating in an 88,000-square-foot building in the Tri-State Commerce Park off U.S. Highway 72 in Burnsville. Vanleigh expects […]