Ron Barger

A serious fire at Premier RV Services in Junction City, Ore., the morning of Nov. 6 that caused an estimated $8 million in damage was contained by multiple fire departments on the scene that day to a single 65,000 square-foot storage facility – a fact about which former co-founders Louie Courtemanche and Gary Obermire, both […]

Over 50 Thor Industries Inc. employees gathered Thursday morning (Oct. 26) at the company’s headquarters in Elkhart, Ind., to begin construction of a Habitat for Humanities home for a local family in need. The Thor crew worked split, two-hour shifts all day to complete the construction of the interior and exterior walls for the Steffen family’s […]

Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) collaborated with the rock band Foghat on a three-city promotional tour through Mississippi and Texas that culminated with a concert on Sunday (Oct. 22). The company reported that the band was provided with a 47-foot Caio luxury touring bus built on a FCCC bus chassis for its 10-day tour, as […]

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Sys2K, a provider of dealership management software, has teamed with CoreLogic to help streamline the ordering and delivery of credit reports and risk mitigation solutions to the automotive, RV, marine, and powersports industries. According to a press release, the planned integration will allow dealerships to efficiently access CoreLogic Credco products and solutions via […]

Two new event centers, the Center Six One Five and The Omega Event Center, have opened their doors offering two key venues for hosting Elkhart County business and social gatherings. The Center Six One Five, located at County Road 6 and County Road 15 in Elkhart, opened this June behind the vision of Kim and Gary Price. The […]

CWRV Transport, the exclusive transporter of RV’s for the nationwide network of 130 Camping World Inc. locations, held its driver appreciation luncheon Wednesday (Oct. 4) at  the Nelson’s Catering and Fundraising facility in Wakarusa, Ind.  According to CWRV President Rob Jackson, who took the helm of the company on April 1, it’s an event he always looks forward to. […]

Furrion is hosting a “Wrap Party” to close out the Elkhart RV Open House at its new Innovation Center and Institute of Technology, just west of the RV/MH Hall of Fame and the Thor exhibit on Independence Court. According to the company, the party kicks off at 2 p.m. on Thursday (Sept. 21) and will run late into the […]

Winnebago Industries Inc. kicked off the 2017 Elkhart RV Open House today (Sept. 18) by unveiling two new 2018 motorhomes signaling at least a couple of the directions the Iowa-based RV builder is headed in terms of product development – an upscale Horizon Class A diesel pusher and a rugged Revel series of Class B […]

Nearly 600 Erwin Hymer Group North America (EHGNA) employees, along with top management and dignitaries, gathered Wednesday (Sept. 13) to mark the company’s opening of its newly refurbished 255,000-square-foot RV manufacturing facility in Cambridge, Ontario. (To view a slideshow scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page). The new facility will be dedicated […]

Local business and industry chefs will square off again in a cooking competition for charity at the 2nd Annual Bashor Children’s Home “Running with Spoons” Celebrity Chef Challenge on the evening of Thursday, Sept. 7, at the Lerner Theater’s Crystal Ballroom in Elkhart, Ind. Doors will open at 5:45 p.m. with the competition getting underway […]