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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
Dicor Corp.’s Jerri Hisey has been promoted from director of purchasing to director of operations, while Anne Cavanaugh has been hired as purchasing manager of Dicor Corp. and its affiliate, Vixen Composites.
Hisey has been with Dicor Corp. since...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
WSI Industries Inc. reported operating results for the fiscal 2011 third quarter ended May 29.
Net income for the fiscal 2011 third quarter rose to $397,000 or $.14 per diluted share, an increase of 151 percent over the prior year's net...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
The U.S. economy’s recovery is slower and weaker than previously projected, and as a result, the Federal Reserve said it decided to hold interest rates at historic low levels.
To promote the ongoing economic recovery and to help ensure that...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
Atwood Mobile Products LLC appointed Trey Miller as commercial manager for the Fan-Tastic Vent division.
In this role Miller will be the lead for strategic sales and product management initiatives for both the OEM and aftermarket.
“...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
A new Royal Bank of Canada poll shows that while more than half (57 percent) of Canadians are keeping a budget, almost 40 percent say they are saving less than they did last year (in 2010 only 27 percent said they were saving less than the previous...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
Daimler AG's chief executive called the sputtering U.S. economic recovery the largest potential risk to the auto industry's strong outlook this year even as the luxury car maker expects to generate more of its profit and sales from China...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
Kevin Kirkendall, 38 of Buena Vista, Colo., drove through a series of fences and struck several camp trailers before stopping inside the Holiday RV sales lot June 17.
Colorado State Patrol Sgt. Marshall Schwarz reported Kirkendall was westbound...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
Cequent Performance Products’ Draw-Tite, Hidden Hitch and Reese receiver hitch brands have added cash, coupons and gifts to customers across North America through their series of summer hitch promotions that continue until Sept. 1.
“We have...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
Winnebago Industries Inc., announced its top dealer award winners for the 2011 model year.
In addition to top sales awards given to dealers of Winnebago and Itasca brand motorhomes, awards were also announced for top Canadian dealers, as well as...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
Jamie L. Evans began working as an RV cleaner in his grandfather Don Barlow’s RV dealership in Wilmington, Ohio, when he was just 13. Since then, he has worked in a variety of capacities at three RV dealerships and a year ago at the age of 37 he...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
The 2011 class of the RV/MH Hall of Fame will be inducted at a industry banquet to be held Aug. 1 at the Hall of Fame headquarters in Elkhart, Ind.
Inductees will include a cross section of industry leadership for both the RV and manufactured...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
In his fourth annual State of the City address, Mayor Dick Moore focused on Elkhart, Ind.'s perseverance, The Elkhart Truth reported.
Moore delivered the speech, the final one of his first term, Monday (June 20) in the Lerner Theatre...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
The economic recovery may have stalled in parts of the South and West hit hard by the housing bubble, but Rust Belt states, buoyed by a manufacturing comeback, have seen a steady decline in their jobless rates over the last year. The Bellingham...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
To mark the beginning of summer, Go RVing Canada is launching its 2011 “Take Your Best RV Shot”” photo contest.
The online photo contest runs through Aug. 29, at midnight.
Go RVing Canada is encouraging all RV enthusiasts across the...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
Outdoors RV Manufacturing announces another addition to its list of dealer partners in the Northwest—Lassen RV located in Albany, Ore.
Lassen RV is a locally owned and operated RV dealership that provides the Willamette Valley for more than 35...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
Navistar Inc. has been awarded a development contract by the United States Postal Service (USPS) under which Navistar will engineer a diesel powertrain replacement for USPS delivery vehicles. Navistar’s re-powered diesel vehicle effort is designed...
Monday, June 20, 2011 • Anna Haislip
In a move that suggests banks are interested in the RV market again, TCF Inventory Finance Inc., a subsidiary of TCF National Bank, recently agreed to be the preferred inventory finance source for dealers of Jayco’s three RV divisions. TCIF will...
Monday, June 20, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
June 30 will mark the official retirement of Dicor Corp.’s Vice President of Operations Bill Snook. Through the past 40 years in the RV industry, the well-respected 67-year-old executive has held a wide variety of management positions, first with...
Monday, June 20, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
A family business that began in 1963 recently closed in Lake Hallie, Wis., the Leader-Telegram reported.
Fox RV Sales got its start when Norm and Joann Fox owned the Thomson Oil Deep Rock Station on North Bridge Street in Chippewa Falls, Wis. It...
Monday, June 20, 2011 • RV PRO Staff
MVP RV June 17 hired Joe Hullings as regional sales manager for its toy hauler division, where he will manage the regional sales for the Impact, Vortex and Envy lines of toy haulers.
Hullings has been in the RV industry for more than 12 years...