Sherman Goldenberg

Motorized RV builder REV Recreation Group plans to step up its game in both Class A and C motorhomes when it moves in December into the former Goshen Coach commercial vehicle plant on Leer Road near County Road 6 in Elkhart, Ind., being vacated in late November by the bus-building division of its parent firm, […]

The North American RV arena is poised for another Elkhart County RV Open House, a bustling trade show scheduled for the week of Sept. 19 that’s unlike anything we’ve seen before because of the ways in which it defies all the conventions and standards of traditional trade expositions. Yes, it’s like a lot of successful trade […]

The economy, taxes, federal regulations and the area’s labor issues took center stage at a Roundtable discussion last week (Aug. 25) involving 2nd District Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski and a room full of RV and marine executives at Lexington Corp. on the north side of Elkhart, Ind. The session was part of a swing through the […]

The Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) of Canada marked the organization’s 30th anniversary Tuesday (Aug. 23) night with a special reception, recognition ceremony and dinner at the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Ind. (To view a slideshow scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page). Attendees included numerous past RVDA of Canada […]

As the Recreation Vehicle Aftermarket Association (RVAA) yesterday concluded its Aug. 15-18 Executive Conference – an annual affair at which RV industry distributors and suppliers held a series of business-minded private meetings at the Loews Hotel in Chicago – RVAA President Susan Carpenter and Executive Director Jon Krueger agreed to a quick interview with RVBUSINESS.com […]

Dixie RV Superstores CEO Greg Lala estimates that his company’s main store in Hammond, La., sustained as much as $30 million in damage to its physical plant and RV inventory as a result of a historic 50-year rainfall that fell last week, off and on, over a five-day period in southern Louisiana. And while the […]

Not since 1999 have all three major financial indexes posted record highs as they did yesterday (Aug. 11), with the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 18,613, the S&P 500 at 2,185.79 and the NASDAQ Composite at 5,228.40 – which equates to a little over a 12% increase for both the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 and […]

Exactly a month after Middlebury, Ind.-based Jayco Inc. was acquired by Thor Industries Inc., the show displays opened today (Aug 1) for the annual Jayco Dealer Homecoming with some 450 dealer personnel representing about 170 dealerships in attendance at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando, Fla. But when Jayco President Derald Bontrager steps up to the […]

The industry’s fastest growing brand name RV consumer club, the four-year-old Forest River Owners Group (FROG), is expecting a record turnout of 800 units – totaling 1,600 attendees – at its sold-out FROG International Rally Aug. 14-20 at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds in Goshen, Ind. FROG Director Bob Byrne, who works with scores of volunteers […]

Former EverGreen Recreational Vehicles LLC President Don Emahiser has been named chief operating officer for Stealth Cargo Trailers, a Bristol, Ind.-based manufacturer of steel and aluminum cargo trailers designed for hauling cars, motorcycles and snowmobiles. “Stealth is one of the leading cargo trailer manufacturers in the industry,” reported Stealth Chairman Kelly Rose, who started 250-employee […]