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Smith Center, Kan.-based Peterson Industries Inc., builder of the Excel line of high-end fifth-wheels, will be conducting its second live webcast to announce the launch of the Limited L36SDM, featuring a walk-in door in the slideout.  To watch the live web feed of this new model unveiling, go to www.excelrvs.com and click on the “Breaking News” tab [...]

The Lippert Components Inc. (LCI) automation team recently designed, built and installed a new cambering machine into its Goshen, Ind., axle manufacturing facility. According to a press release, the new machine nearly doubles production speed and significantly increases product precision, replacing an older model that will be retrofitted for the company’s west coast axle operation in [...]

Central Michigan University’s Finch Fieldhouse is hosting the state’s largest off-site recreational vehicle show this week. The Morning Sun reported that outdoor and RV retailer Camping World Inc. and RV owners organization Good Sam Enterprises LLC are sponsoring the Third Annual Central Michigan RV Show Thursday through Sunday. Camping World of Northern Michigan, the largest [...]

Capitalizing on the healthy activity at this year’s round of retail RV shows, Gulf Stream Coach Inc. reported that several models are seeing strong sales, including its Track & Trail line of travel trailer toy haulers. Available in 21- to 34-foot lengths, Gulf Stream said in a press release that the key selling points for [...]

La Mesa RV, which previously announced the closing of its site in the Sarasota, Fla., area, is facing a legal battle with the owner of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Convention Center where the dealer opened an indoor outlet last year. The Sarasota Herald Tribune reported that La Mesa closed the site last month, claiming it could [...]

Capitalizing on the healthy activity at this year’s round of retail RV shows, Gulf Stream Coach Inc. reported that several models are seeing strong sales, including its Track & Trail line of travel trailer toy haulers. Available in 21- to 34-foot lengths, Gulf Stream said in a press release that the key selling points for [...]

The National Association of Trailer Manufacturers (NATM) presented Aluminum Trailer Co. (ATC), Nappanee, Ind., with the NATM Green Manufacturing Award at the awards luncheon held during the 26th Annual NATM Convention & Trade Show. According to a press release, the NATM Green Manufacturing Award is presented to an NATM trailer manufacturing member annually, recognizing the [...]

Hundreds of people who make their living in the recreational vehicle business will again convene with the industry’s national and regional leadership as well as area civic leaders on the morning of May 8, for a fortifying breakfast and a thought-provoking business agenda during the 2nd Annual RV Industry Power Breakfast at the Northern Indiana [...]

The Palin family just offered fans the opportunity to buy the ultimate Sarah Palin souvenir. According to U.S. News and World Report, Todd Palin posted on Facebook that the family was selling its motorhome, the one used during the former Alaska governor’s One Nation tour – which Palin used to stir up Palin 2012 rumors [...]

Keith Conard said his plans to expand Cooper’s RV Center into Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Township will be an improvement to the site of the former Trunzo’s recreation complex. The Tribune-Review reported that Conard recently presented to township supervisors his proposal to open a second location to his business that’s been selling recreational vehicles and campers since [...]