Rick Kessler

With two days down and three days to go, this week’s 53rd Annual Wisconsin Association of Campground Owners (WACO) Convention and Trade Show is off to a good start, according to organizers and attendees. Taking place March 16-20 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Stevens Point, Wis., the show features about 190 vendors and […]

Steeped in the traditional values of being a family-owned business, George M. Sutton RV, a full-service dealership in Eugene, Ore., is marking its 20th anniversary this year. Founded by George Sutton III and his father, George Jr., in 1996, Sutton RV, a 2015 RVBusiness Top 50 Dealer recipient, carries a variety of motorized and towables ranging from […]

Scott Tuttle, founder and former president of Livin’ Lite Recreational Vehicles LLC, and Andy Cripe, ex-CEO of CrossRoads RV, have purchased Polar Kraft, a Syracuse, Ind.-based manufacturer of all-aluminum fishing and sport boats. Tuttle told RVBUSINESS.com he has also launched another business venture at his former three-building Livin’ Lite complex in Wakarusa, Ind., based on […]

EverGreen Recreational Vehicles LLC announced that sales of its Skyline division’s Layton travel trailers experienced substantial positive growth in 2015, according to Statistical Surveys Inc. Skyline was purchased by EverGreen in late 2014. “The Layton travel trailer improved in every category of retail sales in 2015,” said Vice President of Sales and Marketing Michael Scheetz […]

Born Free Motorcoach announced it has added Motorhomes of Texas to its dealer network, representing the Humboldt, Iowa-based builder’s fifth retailer nationally. The company, owned by Jeff Butler who also serves as president, builds high-end Class C motorhomes on Ford, Dodge and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis. Brandon Dodgen, a product manager at Born Free and grandson […]

In a ceremony witnessed by more than 800 REV Group Inc. employees, Helio Castroneves, a three-time Indianapolis 500 winner, officially took possession of a custom American Eagle motorhome Monday (March 7) at the company’s manufacturing facility in Decatur, Ind. (To view a slideshow of the event scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home […]

Thetford Corp. recently relocated into its new remote office in Elkhart, Ind., which houses the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based company’s OEM sales staff servicing the RV industry’s manufacturing hub. The move to the new facility, called the “Elkhart Experience Center,” was made necessary when Thetford needed a larger space to display many of its product offerings as well as […]

After posting $611.8 million in net sales for 2014 and $575.5 million last year, Horizon Global, the new parent company of Cequent Performance Products Inc. following a July, 2015, spin-off from TriMas Corp., has its sights set on making $1 billion this year. Cequent Performance Products, the Plymouth, Mich.-based manufacturer which produces a broad range of towing products, […]

The RV Loft announced that it has secured a lease on 50,000 square feet of space and will open an indoor, climate controlled, RV storage facility located in Marietta, Ga., just minutes off I-75. The facility is scheduled to open in May 2016. In addition to the 50,000 square feet of indoor storage, The RV Loft will […]

The new president of the California RV Dealers Association (CalRVDA) said the No. 1 goal going forward is to grow the membership as the association looks to continue its climb out of the dark hole of the Great Recession, when it temporarily suspended operations. Steve Richardson, president of Riverside-based Richardson’s RV Centers Inc. and its […]