Bruce Hampson

Elkhart, Ind.-based Postle Aluminum Co., a division of Thor Industries Inc., announced that the supplier has added extensively to its Elkhart footprint after bringing online a new powder-coating line that effectively doubles its capacity along with a sixth extrusion press — its first to be installed in Elkhart. The new powder-coating line, part of Postle’s […]

For Travel Lite RV president Dustin Johns, the 2017 Elkhart RV Open House proved a validation of sorts for concepts the New Paris, Ind.-based towable and truck camper manufacturer has championed of late — especially the company’s wedge-shaped Falcon travel trailer debuted a year ago. At Open House, Travel Lite unveiled a number of upgrades […]

Boring-Smith, a Belmont, N.C.-based distributor of MROP (maintenance, repair, operations and production) supplies to the RV industry, staged its third annual trade show Thursday (Oct. 5) at the Northern Indiana Event Center in Elkhart, Ind. Upwards of 500 attendees associated with RV purchasing, maintenance, production and repair were expected for the intensive five-hour event that […]

Decatur, Ind.-based motorhome builder REV Recreation Group hosted an open house Saturday (March 4) for its newest facility, a 160,000-square-foot manufacturing complex on the northwest side of Elkhart, Ind., dedicated exclusively to Class C coach production. The all-motorized RV manufacturer, following a brief pause in Class C production last year, had unveiled a redesigned upscale […]

Longtime RV industry executives Gregg Fore, president of Elkhart, Ind.-based Dicor Corp., and Newmar Corp. President Matt Miller participated Tuesday (Oct. 4) in the Bicentennial Torch Relay winding its way through Indiana as the Hoosier State continues to celebrate its 200th anniversary of attaining statehood. Indiana was admitted into the Union on Dec. 11, 1816. The […]

By now, the lobster tails served up under the Thor Industries Inc. tent and the fist-sized filet mignon usually on the dinner menu at least one night at Forest River Inc.’s Dynamax facility have become the stuff of Open House legend. Suffice to say that both companies will again be pulling out all the stops […]

The RV industry’s biggest “block party” — the Elkhart RV Open House — just got bigger. Not so much in size, mind you. While there have always been a few outlier displays in nearby cities like Middlebury and Bristol, the annual September trade show has, for the most part, traditionally taken over a large swath […]

When a company owns the considerable market share that Germany-based Truma GmbH & Co. KG enjoys in Europe — “In the area of heaters, water heaters and furnaces, our market share is close to 90%,” noted Gerhard “Gary” Hundsberger, president and CEO of Elkhart, Ind.-based Truma Corp. — it can be difficult to show the […]

Little Guy Worldwide, the Massillon, Ohio-based RV manufacturer best known for its lineup of small teardrop-style travel trailers – including the popular T@B brand – attracted considerable interest from camping enthusiasts when the company introduced its first truck camper, the Cirrus, in 2015. Now, it’s attracted the attention of the media as well. Cirrus, Little […]

The Elkhart RV Open House, already one of the two top RV trade venues in the country, gets an international flavor this year as the Erwin Hymer Group— Europe’s leading motorhome and caravan manufacturer — steps up for the first time with a display on County Road 6 to introduce U.S. retailers to its Grand […]