(Feb. 24, 2012) -- Andrew Rooke currently serves as president and chief operating officer of Manitex International, Inc., a North American manufacturer of engineered lifting equipment, a position he has held since 2007.  His professional experience includes GKN Sinter Metals, where he served as chief financial officer, and with other organizations that include Quaker Oats, Ltd., and Rolls Royce, Ltd.

(Feb. 24, 2012) -- In Austrailia, the sun shone on the Albury-Wodonga Caravan Camping 4WD Fish and Boat Show yesterday, making for a better start than last year, reports The Border Mail. The show continues today and tomorrow.

(Feb. 24, 2012) -- “The use of mobile devices is growing at a tremendous rate,” said Skidmore.  “Knowing this, I paid attention to the rate of customers attempting to search our site via mobile device and saw it grow steadily throughout the past year.  Thus it became obvious to me that we should be as customer-friendly to mobile customers as we are to customers using personal computers. "

(Feb. 24, 2012) -- The two-weekend show at Noble RV Bargain Indoor Expo in Owatonna, Minn., offered a low-price guarantee, free drinks, food and parking, and hundreds of models to choose from. D.P. Ball Advertising handled promotion for the show, which saw sales reach double digits.

(Feb. 24, 2012) -- Dealers participating in the Peoria RV SuperShow, which ran Feb. 10 to19 at the Peoria Sports Complex, are enthusiastic about both attendance and sales, show organizers said noting that traffic was up 25 percent over the previous year, and RV sales were brisk.

(Feb. 24, 2012) -- Alfred Martin Maylard, who sold trailers and RVs in London, Ontario for more than 57 years at his family-run business, Trailer Mart, died on Tuesday. The London Free Press shares his inspiring story.

(Feb. 24, 2012) -- Dometic Corp. opened two new warehouse operations in the Southeast; one in Chattanooga, Tenn., and one in Orlando, Fla. These additional warehouse operations will provide strengthened distribution service of its RV products.

(Feb. 24, 2012) -- A WSAZ-TV report says the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources hosted a public meeting at Greenbo Lake State Resort Park Thursday night discussing a proposal to allow scuba diving in a 10-acre section of the 181-acre lake.

(Feb. 24, 2012) -- The Visalia Times-Delta reports after nearly three months of work, a 14-man inmate crew from Mountain Home Conservation Camp in California is nearing completion of an amphitheater that will serve the main purpose of teaching campers about staying safe on the water and in the wilderness.

(Feb. 24, 2012) -- The National Caravan Council confirmed that the Motorhome, Caravan & Camping Show, which took place from February 14 to 19 at the ExCel center in London, will again be held at the same venue, reports Out And About Live - Caravans News.