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These are the days when the salesmen at Wichita, Kan.-area recreational vehicle dealers can catch up on paperwork, but the holiday slowdown won’t last long. The Wichita Eagle reported that the RV season cranks back up in January, and 2016 is looking pretty busy. Following a steady rebound from the recession locally and nationally, the industry […]

ASA Electronics announced the addition of Hannah Birong as the new public relations specialist. According to a press release, Birong will oversee content creation as well as public relations for ASA Electronics’ various industries and proprietary brands. Her position includes a range of media relations, advertising planning, social media management and web marketing. “Hannah’s background […]

All Seasons RV Center in Yuba City, Calif., owned by the Friesen family, has pledged another $10,000 to the Mike Molino RV Learning Center bringing the dealership’s total pledge to more than $47,000. Ernie Friesen is a past chairman of the Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) and Darrel Friesen was recently elected first vice chairman […]

Dicor Products’ DiFlex II Polar White TPO roofing membrane has met the initial reflectivity requirement of the EPA’s Energy Star program for cool roofs.  According to a press release, a low slope roof must have an initial solar reflectance greater than or equal to .65 in order to be eligible for the EPA’s Energy Star program. […]

Summer fun craft — jetboats and personal watercraft — were big sellers during the third quarter as the recreational boating industry sold 10.5% more boats than it did the previous year. Soundings Trade Only reported that the industry sold 66,623 boats during the quarter, up from 60,276 a year earlier, according to Statistical Surveys Inc. […]

Thetford Corp. and Norcold Inc. awarded Ross Bruce, a service manager in Victoria, B.C., as the winner of a trip-for-two “Daytona 500 Experience” as part of a random drawing at the company’s exhibit during the National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Ky. According to a press release, about 200 dealer and RV manufacturer personnel completed a […]

Rear View Safety, a leading supplier of backup camera systems to the RV industry, rolled out its full array of products along with two new offerings at the recently completed National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Ky. New for 2016 is the RVS-2CAM Wireless Backup Camera System with dual screen monitor and cigarette lighter adapter and the RVS-718-3SC G-SERIES Rear […]

The RV Plumbing Systems course, run by Northampton Community College in conjunction with the Pennsylvania RV and Camping Association (PRVCA), begins Jan. 4, 2016, and runs through Feb. 7. The online program allows students to gain an in-depth understanding of recreation vehicle maintenance with intensive, competency-based instruction. Students simply log on to access the lecture notes, hands-on […]

In an announcement, the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) reported it has learned of a company offering to sell the attendee list for the 2015 National RV Trade Show through an e-mail solicitation. RVIA is advising industry members that the association has no affiliation with this offer and has not made the attendee list available […]

Editor’s note: The following column by newly elected Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) Chairman Brian Wilkins appears in the December issue of RV Executive Today. Wilkins is owner of Wilkins RV in Bath, N.Y., and has previously served in numerous capacities for RVDA. It’s truly an honor to follow John McCluskey as chairman, who did […]