RV Business

Lippert Components Inc. (LCI) announced that it acquired the business and certain assets of Fortress Technologies LLC for $3.3 million. According to a press release, Fortress Technologies is a manufacturer of specialized RV chassis located in Middlebury, Ind. Fortress had annualized sales of about $3 million. The business will be managed by LCI’s chassis division, [...]

May 6, 2010, was a day that shook the RV industry in Texas as well as the nation. That is the day that FunTime RV closed its doors. Examiner.com reported that in the midst of a struggling economy, 115 employees were left without jobs. The impact was felt immediately in the small town of Cleburne that [...]

U.S. crude oil production will approach a record by 2016, climbing to the highest level in 46 years as rising output from shale formations lifts domestic supplies, reducing the nation’s need for foreign oil. Bloomberg reported that domestic output will grow annually by about 800,000 barrels a day to 9.5 million in 2016, nearing the [...]

The RV industry is anxious for significant innovation says Gregg Fore, president of Elkhart, Ind.-based Dicor Corp. According to a press release, the response to a number of new products from Dicor companies at the recent National RV Show in Louisville, Ky., including a revolutionary new system for sealing windows, drove the point home. Fore [...]

The popularity of recreational vehicles grew significantly in 2013, leading RV dealers to look hopefully toward the new year, according to survey results released by GE Capital’s Commercial Distribution Finance (CDF) business. According to a press releas, one-third of survey respondents said they expect sales to rise 10% to 15% next year, and an additional [...]

RV Trader and Winnebago Industries Inc. jointly announced the launch of a real-time inventory tool to assist customers searching for RVs on Winnebagoind.com sites: GoWinnebago.com, GoItasca.com, WinnebagoTouring.com, WinnebagoTowables.com and SunnyBrookRV.com. According to a press release, when a consumer browses RVs on Winnebago websites, the new search tool will display a dealer’s inventory, product photos and [...]

Reese, a brand of Cequent Performance Products (CPP), has been named the recipient of two Trailer Life Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards. According to a press release, Reese is the Gold winner in the fifth-wheel category and a Silver winner in the travel trailer hitch category. The online survey was posted for six months and more than [...]

Residents in one of New York’s most exclusive neighborhoods are up in arms after several beaten-up old RVs are reported blighting the streets. According to a report in the U.K-based Daily Mail Reporter, angry Upper West Side locals have complained that the vehicles are turning their highly desirable area into a trailer park, taking up [...]

Ashland, Va.-based McGeorge’s Rolling Hills RV continues to expand. According to a report in the Richmond Times Dispatch, owner Ed McGeorge started with nine acres when he moved to the dealership’s current site from a nearby location in 2001. Now the dealership sits on 31 acres. And he is about to begin construction on a 30,000-square-foot [...]

The Michigan Association of Recreation Vehicles and Campgrounds (MARVAC) continues to fine tune plans for an independent finance arm to benefit members, according to a report in the organization’s newsletter Industry Insights. “The number one call we’ve been receiving at the association office for the last 2 1/2 years from our members has been that [...]