Month: February 2018

The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association’s (RVIA) January survey of manufacturers found RV wholesale shipments finished at 42,441, an increase of 25.3% from the 33,859 units shipped last January. The January 2018 shipment total is the best January on comparable record. All towable RVs, led by conventional travel trailers, totaled 36,322 units for the month, an […]

(Feb. 26, 2018) -- NeXus RV has reached an agreement with Funtime RV to join its growing list of dealerships. Funtime RV will now sell and service NeXus RV products at its dealerships in Tualatin and Sandy, Oregon.

Airstream Inc., a subsidiary of Thor Industries Inc., is poised to break ground on the most significant plant expansion in company history, according to a press release. The enhanced Jackson Center, Ohio, facility will support improved product quality, create jobs, enable increased production, and improve experiences for Airstream associates, customers and visitors. The $40 million project to […]

(Feb. 26, 2018) -- Patrick Industries announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the business and certain assets of Elkhart, Indiana-based Aluminum Metals Company, a manufacturer and distributor of aluminum products including coil, fabricated sheets and extrusions, in addition to roofing products, primarily for the recreational vehicle, industrial and marine markets.

(Feb. 26, 2018) -- Troy Clarke, then president of GM’s North American operations, was one of those the company had “retired.” A lifelong GM executive, Clarke previously oversaw its operations in China and headed its Mexican business. He quickly took a consulting gig at Navistar International Corp., which builds big trucks and buses.

(Feb. 26, 2018) -- Sunday’s sunny skies and warmer temps brought out visitors longing for the open road to the QCCA Expo Center, for the the last day of the annual RV and Camping Show.

(Feb. 26, 2018) -- The United Sidecar Association announces that its 40th annual National Sidecar Rally will be held at Little Farm on the River Campground in Rising Sun on June 14-16, 2018. All motorcyclists and motorcycle enthusiasts are invited to attend and/or participate.

(Feb. 26, 2018) -- Town residents Kathy Navis and Gay Pustaver, representing the larger opposition group, have filed an appeal of the Door County planning committee's green-lighting of the proposed park on 21 acres just west of State 57 and north of Bagnall Road.

(Feb. 26, 2018) -- First time I’ve been actually scared to lose what I’ve worked my entire life for,” said Steven Vaughan, owner of Big Bend Campground in Standish.

(Feb. 26, 2018) -- Officials from Mendocino County, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday at the Lake Mendocino Kyen Campground, to start work on the building of approximately 29 temporary housing units to accommodate those displaced by the Redwood Complex wildfires, with the possibility of increasing it to 70 housing units in the future.