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Thor Industries is scheduled to post its second-quarter earnings results on Thursday (March 6). Analysts expect Thor to post earnings of 36 cents per share and revenue of $636.3 million for the quarter. Thor opened at $57.55 on Wednesday. Thor Industries has a 52 week low of $34.51 and a 52 week high of $59.94. The [...]

Camping World and Good Sam Enterprises CEO Marcus Lemonis of CNBC’s “The Profit” previewed the show’s next episode on the network’s Squawk Box program Tuesday (March 4) morning. Benzinga reported that the episode revolves around a striving meat packing company in serious debt, and its outcome reveals some of the strategy behind Lemonis’ process. “Hey, guys. We gotta [...]

An Elkhart, Ind.-based company with a knack for creating more space inside RVs wants to start doing the same for semi tractors. The Elkhart Truth reported that Lippert Components Inc., the leading manufacturer of slideouts for recreational vehicles, is developing a slideout for semis to give long-haul truck drivers more living and storage space, said [...]

Workers who feared they might lose their jobs only a couple of months ago now might have two options. An estimated 150 to 175 workers from Goshen, Ind.-based Supreme Industries found out at the end of December that the company was selling its shuttle bus business. But, according to a report in the South Bend [...]

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 2,148,903 visitors to national parks in Indiana spent $88.5 million and supported 1,263 jobs in the state in 2012. “The national parks of Indiana attract visitors from across the country and around the world and provide premiere historical, cultural, natural, and recreational experiences,” said NPS Midwest [...]

Thousands of industry professionals descended today (March 4) on Indianapolis for the 2014 Work Truck Show which opened with the Green Truck Summit along with two educational sessions. According to a press release, the trade show kicks off tomorrow encompassing 500,000 square feet at the Indiana Convention Center and featuring 500 exhibitors showcasing trucks, product [...]

The National Association of Trailer Manufacturers’ (NATM) 26th Annual Convention & Trade Show last week (Feb. 26-28) at the South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa Pavilion in Las Vegas generated an increase in terms of sponsorships, exhibitors, trailer manufacturing attendees and workshop registrants, the Topeka, Kan.-based trade association for commercial and cargo trailers reports. Over [...]

Middlebury, Ind.-based EverGreen Recreational Vehicles LLC announced that Jack Snyder has been appointed regional sales manager of the Sun Valley, i-Go, Ascend and Amped travel trailer lines. According to a press release, Snyder will oversee all product sales development in the western states of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Washington. He will [...]

Winnebago Industries Inc. announced the promotion of Jay Swearingen to the position of motorhome training manager. According to a press release, Swearingen will conduct all motorhome product training activities including, planning and implementation of regional training seminars and the development of product training materials for district sales managers and dealer sales personnel. Swearingen began his [...]

A decade ago, the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter was an outlier in the U.S. van market, as the Ford E-Series and Chevrolet Express dominated the segment. But the Sprinter gained a lot of fans with its capacious cargo capacity and fuel-efficient diesel powertrains. Fast-forward to today and there are a lot of similar-looking and similarly configured competitors. [...]