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Interior Department Announces $1.5B for Conservation and Improved Recreation
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced a record $1.5 billion in annual funding through the Wildlife and Sport…
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Lippert Sets Quarterly, Full-Year Records
Lippert announced net sales in the fourth quarter $1.billion, a 55 percent increase year-over-year. The company said it had $82.3…
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Patrick Reports a Strong Q4, Full Year
Patrick Industries reported net sales in the fourth quarter of $1.1 billion, a 49 percent increase over the $773 million…
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RVTI Launches New Subscription Plan
The RV Technical Institute (RVTI) has launched a new “subscription” payment model, in hopes of making it easier for more…
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Fewer Than Expected Filed Jobless Claims Last Week
First-time unemployment filings came in lower in the latest weekly data, continuing a recent downward trend in jobless claims as…
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Inflation Reaches 40-year high, January CPI Posts 7.5% Annual Gain
U.S. inflation accelerated in January, with prices across a wide range of goods and services soaring further amid lingering shortages…
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Gary Conley Named New VP and GM of Lance Camper
California-based Lance Camper announced the appointment of Gary Conley as vice president and general manager. Conley will report to Mike…
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Boat Finance Announces Name Change to RecFi
Boat Finance, an indirect recreational lender for boats and RVs, announced today that it has changed its name to RecFi…
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Premier RV’s New Quad Cities Dealership Now Open
Brad Thompson has just opened his brand new 25,000-square-foot Premier RV facility on nine acres in Blue Grass, Iowa. The new…
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Cummins Acquires Supplier in Pursuit of Zero Emissions Future
Cummins announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Jacobs Vehicle Systems (JVS), a subsidiary of Altra Industrial Motion Corp.,…
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GM Plans Six-Fold Increase in 2022 Electric Truck, SUV Production
General Motors plans to increase production of electric trucks and Cadillac sport utility vehicles this year by more than six…
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Used-Car Prices Aren’t Soaring Anymore – What It Means for Inflation
Used-car prices have held steady for a month. Not only was that good for the buyers, but maybe for anyone…
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Upcoming Virtual Camping Conference in March
The Canadian Outdoor Hospitality Conference and Expo is taking place March 8-10 in a virtual format. According to organizers, it…
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Truckers Protest Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
An Ambassador Bridge protest by Canadian truckers critical of pandemic vaccine mandates was headed into a third day, shutting down…
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Patrick Industries Teams with TV Show to Help Michiana Veteran
A local veteran will receive major home improvements – thanks to the Lifetime TV series Military Makeover with Montel, in…
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RVIA Relaunching Political Action Committee
The RV Industry Association is relaunching its political action committee – called RVPAC – to ensure Congress doesn’t take any…
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RVIA Expresses Support for Increasing Outdoor EV Access
RV Industry Association President Craig Kirby recently sent a letter to the Federal Highway Administration, expressing its adamant support for…
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Annual Fort Meyers Show Returns to Crowds, Many Eager to Buy
The 36th annual Fort Myers RV Show recently saw strong show attendance with huge dealer and vendor sales, despite unusually…
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RVWA Book Club Returns, Touts First Title
The RV Women’s Alliance (RVWA)’s successful book club is returning in 2022 with some great books to help foster networking,…
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The Shyft Group to Debut Last-Mile Electric Delivery Vehicle
The Shyft Group announced it will reveal its all-new electric delivery vehicle on their proprietary, purpose-built Class 3 EV chassis…
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Chris-Craft Expanding Florida Operations
The following report comes from Gary Reich at Trade Only Today. Chris-Craft last week broke ground on an 80,000-square-foot factory…
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Baird Survey Finds Dealers’ Outlooks Unchanged
Here are the results of the latest survey from RVDA and Baird. Dealers are positive on both current conditions (64…
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RV Learning Center, KPA to Host Webinar on Successful Safety Programs
The Mike Molino RV Learning Center and its strategic partner, KPA, will host a free webinar at 2 p.m. ET,…
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Report: Supply Chain Woes in 2022
Ryan Peterson, CEO of global supply chain company Flexport, recently appeared on Bloomberg to share his 2022 outlook on supply…
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Cummins to Purchase Remaining Shares in Former Westport Joint Venture
Cummins and Westport Fuel Systems have agreed to a shared purchase agreement for the sale of Westport’s stake in the…
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ORR Issues Annual Report
The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR), a lobbying association that counts dozens of outdoor recreation and conservation groups among its membership,…
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Vintage RVs and Race Cars Make This a Worthy Roadside Stop
For dealers who like to pass along interesting road trip ideas to their customers, here’s a good one from Roadtrippers.com.…
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Lazydays’ Preliminary Numbers Indicate Strong Q4 Earnings, Revenues
Lazydays Holdings announced preliminary earnings for the fourth quarter of 2021, and the company said that it anticipates revenues for…
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Octane Strengthens Sales Leadership to Accelerate Growth in RV and Other Markets
Octane, a financial technology firm, has announced several key leadership appointments to support its rapid growth in powersports and power…
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SuperSprings Reports Record-Breaking Growth in 2021
For the third straight year, SuperSprings International reports that it set another record for full-year growth of 42 percent above…
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Mercedes-Benz Signs Chassis Agreement with German RV Maker
European RV maker Jandelsbrunn – Knaus Tabbert AG has concluded an agreement with Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles for the supply of…
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Jobs Report: January Payrolls Jump by 467K
U.S. employers added back far more jobs than expected in January, even as Omicron cases surged at the beginning of…
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Windows to the World
These days, even computer spell-checkers often think the word “windows” is capitalized and followed by a registered trademark, thanks to…
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Report: J.D. Power’s Year in Review
J.D. Power has released its year-end NADAguides Market Insights report, and it tells the story of an industry that had…
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Airstream, THOR Industries Release More eStream Details
Airstream revealed more details about its eStream Concept Travel Trailer – an all-electric concept that brings to life multiple innovations…
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RV Retailer Opens Jacksonville, Fla., Store
RV Retailer announced the opening of its brand-new location in Jacksonville, Fla., under the RV One Superstores brand. The store…
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Cummins Reports Increased Sales and Revenues for 2021
Power generation company Cummins reports net sales for 2021 of $2.1 billion, a nearly 15 percent increase over the $1.8…
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Go RVing Unveils Experiential Event Dates
Go RVing has four “experiential events” planned for later in 2022. A core part of Go RVing’s strategy is to…
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Indiana’s Mount Comfort RV Celebrates 10,000th Customer
An Indiana newspaper published this press release sent in by Mount Comfort RV in Greenfield, Ind. To read the entire…
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RVWA Survey Shows Modest Improvement in Industry’s Female Representation
In a follow-up to a 2019 survey on women in the RV industry, the RV Women’s Alliance (RVWA) again enlisted…
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Kenda Americana’s Joe Ostrowski Elected to NATM Board
Kenda Americana Tire and Wheel – Kenda’s distribution arm serving the North American towable trailer, utility, RV, marine and agricultural…
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Escapees Head to Tennessee for 2022 Escapade
Escapees RV Club’s annual RV rally, Escapade, takes place June 19-24 in Lebanon, Tenn., and tickets are on sale now.…
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Camping World to Acquire Big Daddy RV’s in Kentucky
Illinois-based Camping World Holdings has announced an agreement to acquire Big Daddy RV’s in London, Ky. The acquisition is anticipated…
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Truma Coolers on Display at Storm Expo
Truma North America has partnered with the veteran-owned emergency response company, Everything LifeSaving, to showcase the Truma Cooler to the…
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Vixen Director Authors Composites Book
Wenguang “Wayne” Ma, director of technical operations at Vixen Composites, an Airxcel brand, has coauthored Sandwich Structural Composites: Theory and…
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RVing in New England to Talk Campground Craziness
The explosion of interest in camping, RVs and the RV lifestyle shows no sign of slowing down, and that will…
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ADP Report: Private Payrolls Fell by 301,000 in January
Private payrolls unexpectedly declined in January as the Omicron variant’s spread contributed to a marked weakening in the labor market…
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Largest US.. Steel Producer Investing $290M to Modernize Indiana Operations
It’s another feather in the cap of the state of Indiana’s economic development corporation as Nucor Corp. has announced an…
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TekModo To Expand Michigan Manufacturing Site
One of the newest manufacturers in Michigan’s Three Rivers community will be expanding its operations in a big way this…
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Priority One Dealers Benefit from Kiosk Technology
Priority One Financial Services recently announced the expansion of its new financing technology. In 2021, the company installed a limited…
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700 Credit, AutoAPR Announce Integration Alliance to Aid Dealerships
700 Credit LLC, a provider of credit reports, compliance solutions and soft pull products for the automotive industry, has announced…
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Solutions Into Motion Debuts Two New WiFi Products
Canada-based Solutions Into Motion is now offering an all-new, real-time GPS tracking modem that is also a Wi-Fi hotspot for…
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Cummins CEO Advocates for Climate Action During White House Visit
Cummins Chairman and CEO Tom Linebarger joined other corporate leaders at the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 26, making the…
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Indiana Accepting Nominees for Environmental Excellence Award
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is now accepting nominations for the 2022 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence. These…
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Indiana Reports Fifth Consecutive Record-Breaking Year for Economic Development
Gov. Eric Holcomb and Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers announced the end of a fifth consecutive record-breaking year for economic…
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Family of 12 Displaced by Tornado Receives Help from EmergencyRV
Displaced by the December tornado, Colin and Kelsey Doty and their 10 children found themselves badly in need of a…
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Advanced RV Rolls Through the Changes
RV popularity is showing no signs of slowing down, and as interest continues to skyrocket among millennial and Gen Z…
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Leisure Days RV Group Adds Strang’s Shore Camping
Leisure Days RV Group today announced its acquisition of Strang’s Shore Camping, located in Murray Corner, New Brunswick, Canada. The…
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Werner Integrates Cummins Engines in Trucks
Werner Enterprises will begin validation and integration of Cummins’ recently announced 15-liter natural gas and 15-liter hydrogen internal combustion engines…
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NPS Creates New National Campground Office
The National Park Service (NPS) has created a new National Campground Office. The program will be responsible for boosting visitor…
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St. Joseph County Health Officials Hoping Omicron has Peaked
Health officials are “cautiously optimistic” that St. Joseph County, Ind., has reached its peak in the coronavirus pandemic’s Omicron wave,…
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Airxcel Introduces New Suite of EV-Ready Products
Airxcel said it is presenting a portfolio of electric vehicle (EV)-ready products from its family of manufactured and distributed brands…
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Police Seize 1,000-Plus Catalytic Converters from Salvage Yard
More than 1,000 catalytic converters have been confiscated after police conducted a search warrant Tuesday at Howard’s Salvaging in Bristol,…
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KPA Offers Resources to Help Dealers Avoid Winter Hazards
The Mike Molino RV Learning Center’s strategic partner, KPA, is helping dealers prepare their facilities and their employees to maintain…
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Pathfinder Ventures Pledges Support for Electric RVs
Pathfinder Ventures has announced its commitment to supporting the evolving RV industry and its future customers with electric RVs. Earlier…
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Australian RV Maker Expanding and Adding Huge 3D Printer to Factory Floor
This Australian manufacturer uses 3D printing to make some of its components. As part of its facility expansion, the company…
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Brown & Brown Reports Big Jump in Revenues
Insurance provider Brown & Brown reported revenues in the fourth quarter of 2021 of $738.5 million, up 15 percent, or…
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Pace Setters
Pace International will celebrate its 50th anniversary at the end of February, but when it comes to the RV market,…
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Black Book Report: Wholesale Values Decline for Second Straight Month
“For the second month in a row, the average wholesale auction prices of all the major RV market segments declined,”…
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Roamly, Wheelbase Partner on New Insurance Offerings
The insurtech company Roamly announced its new professional insurance product for the rapidly growing market of professional RV rental companies…
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GM Sets Target of 600K Electric Pickups Per Year
General Motors is committing nearly $7 billion – the single largest investment in its history – toward building more electric…
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Tesla Cybertruck is Delayed Until 2023
Tesla will not be launching output of the Cybertruck EV pickup this year, as it focuses on increasing capacity at…
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Jobless Claims Trend Down as Omicron Disruptions Begin to Ease
First-time unemployment filings ticked lower for the first time in four weeks after notching a three-month high in the previous…
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NTP-STAG Expo Buzzing on Final Day
The final day of this year’s NTP-STAG Expo opened with a focus on something all businesses could learn: how to…
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Lippert Uses NTP-STAG Expo to Tout Innovation from its Subsidiaries
Lippert, parent company of towing products maker Curt Mfg., and RV appliance and electronics maker Furrion, used this week’s NTP-STAG…
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GE Appliances Releases 2021 Economic Impact Report
GE’s Appliances division has released its 2021 Economic Impact Report, detailing what it calls “the most successful five-year period in…
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Report: Microchip Shortage will Persist
The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday a survey of semiconductor chips producers and users shows a shortage will persist, sparked…
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Outdoor Industry Seeks Way to Assist EV Makers
“Recharging your batteries” is often cited as a reason people like to pursue outdoor activities. On its website, the RVIA…
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2021 Shipments Set All-Time Record
The monthly manufacturers survey by the RV Industry Association for December showed that total RV shipments ended 2021 with a…
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Tiffin Group Names Freddie Swinney National Sales Manager
Tiffin Group has announced that Freddie Swinney has been appointed as national sales manager. Most recently Swinney was a DSM…
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Lippert Surpasses 550,000 Hours of Community Service with its ‘Culture of Caring’ Initiative
Lippert Components kicked off 2022 in a big way as it announced that team members have volunteered more than 550,000…
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Blog: Is a Changing RV Market Good for the Camping Community?
The author runs OutdoorMiles.com, a website focused on RVing, camping and other aspects of outdoor recreation. In two years, the…
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Xponent Power Unveils Xpanse Solar Awning at Tacoma RV Show
Xponent Power showed its new Xpanse solar awning for RVs for the first time in public at the Tacome, Wash.,…
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Camping World Holdings Announces Increased Stock Repurchase Program
Camping World Holdings said that its Board of Directors has authorized an increase in its stock repurchase program after which…
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Music City Hosts a Successful Show
The following report comes from WTVF in Nashville, Tenn., the site of a large regional RV show that just ended…
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Inland Northwest RV Show Draws Big Crowds in the Evergreen State
This report comes from a Spokane, Wash., TV station, where the Inland Northwest RV show returned this weekend after a…
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KOA Report: Majority of Campers Plan to Camp Again in 2022
The KOA Monthly Research Report – January Edition projects that 70 percent of those who camped in 2021 plan to…
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Podcast Live Tuesday: Paul Bambei of ARVC
A new episode of RV PRO’s podcast, In Tow with RV PRO, will go live this Tuesday and features Paul…
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2022 NTP-STAG Expo Opens Tuesday in Las Vegas
The 2022 NTP-STAG Expo presented by Airxcel begins Tuesday at the new, state-of-the-art Caesars Forum in the heart of the…
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Happe Touts Winnebago’s EV RV on CNBC
Michael Happe, president and CEO at Winnebago Industries, appeared on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” program this week to promote the company’s…
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RVDA of Canada Opens Nominations for New Award
In honour of the association’s past chairman, RVDA of Canada announced the creation of a new award – the George Goodrick…
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How Electric RVs Might Change Road Tripping
This week at the Florida RV SuperShow in Tampa, both Winnebago and THOR introduced the next generation of RVs: all-electric…
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Report: European RV Sales Set All-Time Record in 2021
Sales of new RVs in Europe rose 9.9 percent in 2021 – the most successful year in the history of…
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Intel Investing $20B in Ohio Chipmaking Facilities
Technology giant Intel Corp. plans to spend $20 billion on a massive chipmaking hub on the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio,…
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2022 Florida RV SuperShow Opens to New Record
The 2022 Florida RV SuperShow at the state fairgrounds in Tampa noted that day one saw more than 20,000 come…
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Ocean Bio-Chem Sees 18% Sales Increase
Florida-based Ocean Bio-Chem, parent company of various brands including Star brite, announced net sales in the third quarter of 2021…
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Nation Wide Products Acquires RV Air
Texas-based Nation Wide Products, which makes AC and HVAC-related products, has acquired RV Air, makers of RV air conditioner filter…
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Isuzu and Cummins Announce Battery Electric Truck Collaboration
Cummins and Isuzu Motors Limited announced an agreement to create a prototype medium-duty, battery electric truck to demonstrate in North…
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New Jobless Claims Hit Three-Month High
Weekly new jobless claims unexpectedly jumped last week by the most since October, with some renewed virus-related disruptions at least…
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THOR Debuts Two Electric RV Concepts at the Florida RV SuperShow
TAMPA – In an invitation-only presentation at the 2022 Florida RV SuperShow, THOR Industries unveiled its eMobility strategy around electrification…
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