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Tiffin, Roadtrek, REV Group and Jayco Announce Recalls
Several RV manufacturers are featured on this week’s vehicular recall report from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. Tiffin is…
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Elkhart Mayor: City’s Economic Base is Diversifying
In a recent survey, The Wall Street Journal ranked Elkhart, Indiana, as the number one emerging market for housing. Put…
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Jan Kelly Featured on In Tow Podcast Tuesday
Dealership consultant Jan Kelly, founder and president of Kelly Enterprises, will share wisdom and expertise on the next edition of…
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REV Group Names New VP/GM of Midwest Automotive Designs
REV Group said it has promoted from within to fill the role of vice president and general manager of its…
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THOR Industries Announces Retirement of Director Jim Ziemer
THOR Industries announced the retirement of Jim Ziemer from its board of directors effective Oct. 1. Ziemer will continue to…
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Genesis Products Seeks to Become One-Stop Shop for Residential Cabinet Doors
Genesis Products, which just last month announced it was acquiring the Solid Surface division of Native Hardwoods, instantly expanding its…
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Living Large with Airstream in Arizona
The news outlet Arizona Central recently picked up this story from another Arizona media outlet about the husband-and-wife ownership team…
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NCRVDA Hosts Consumer RV Show Next Week
The North Carolina RV Dealers Association (NCRVDA) is hosting what it said is the last RV show of the year…
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Actor John Ratzenberger to Attend 2022 Elkhart Open House
Best known as Cliff Clavin on the hit sitcom “Cheers” and for voicing iconic characters in nearly every Pixar film,…
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Voting Underway to Fill RVIA Board Seats
The RV Industry Association is collecting votes now for who will fill the three open seats on its board of…
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RV Sales Drive REV Profits
REV said its overall net sales in the third quarter were $594.8 million, a slight increase over the $593.3 million…
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Colorado Teardrops Completes Prototypes of EV-Supportive Towables
Colorado Teardrops said it has completed Phase 1 of development of The Boulder, its new utility-patent pending teardrop camper trailer…
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Ray Posadas Named Winnebago’s VP of Investor Relations
Winnebago Industries has named Ray Posadas vice president, investor relations and market intelligence, effective immediately. Posadas succeeds Steve Stuber, who…
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Fontaine Trailer Partners with Rollick on Enterprise Lead Management Solutions
Rollick, a technology provider focused on the recreation and industrial markets, and Fontaine Trailer, the largest platform trailer manufacturer in…
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nuCamp Releases App Connecting its Camping Community
nuCamp has a free app geared toward further engaging its customers and cultivating connections within the nuCamp community, it said.…
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Forest River Occupies Weekly Recall List
This week’s vehicular recall list from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration features just one RV company. Forest River is…
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Survey: RV Owners Continue to Profit From RV Rental Boom
RVshare, an online company bringing RV owners and renters together, recently surveyed its RV owners and found that the demand…
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Webinar this Wednesday: ITR Hosts Fall RoadSigns Forecast
This Wednesday, Sept. 7, the RV Industry Association will host a members-only webinar to review the upcoming Fall RV RoadSigns forecast and…
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Jason Lippert Makes TV Appearance
The independent television news channel Newsy recently featured an interview with Jason Lippert, CEO of Lippert Industries, on its Morning…
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Caravan Salon Wraps Up with 235,000-Plus in Attendance
Caravan Salon wrapped up its 2022 gathering in Düsseldorf, Germany, concluded this weekend with more than 235,000 people from 72…
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Canada’s 7th Annual Camping Appreciation Weekend
Canadian Camping Appreciation Weekend is this weekend, Sept. 9-11. The annual weekend, now in its seventh year, is a national…
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RVIA President and CEO’s Holiday Message
Craig Kirby, president and CEO of the RV Industry Association, wrote this letter to membership in advance of the holiday…
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Dometic Makes Splash at Forest River Owner’s Group Rally
Dometic participated in the annual Forest River Owner’s Group (FROG) International Rally held at the Elkhart (Indiana) County 4-H Fairgrounds…
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Prep Now for National Manufacturing Day
Manufacturers, mark your calendars for Manufacturing Day 2022, which is Friday, Oct. 7th. Also known as MFG Day, this is…
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A Grand Vision
As far as Grand Design RV goes, President and CEO Don Clark says he’s thrilled not only by where the…
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RV Shipments Projected at 498,800 for ’22, a 16.9% Drop from 2021
RV wholesale shipments are projected to reach 498,800 units by year-end 2022 and 419,000 units in 2023, according to the…
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Duane Yoder Named CEO of ATC
ATC Trailers (ATC), a manufacturer of aluminum RVs and trailers, announces Duane Yoder as its new CEO. Serving as ATC’s…
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RVIA Board of Directors Elections Begin Next Week
RV Industry Association members will vote starting next week to elect candidates to fill two vacant seats on the RVIA’s…
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Webinar: How to Submit Suggested Changes To RV-C Protocol
Coming up later in September the RV Industry Association will host a webinar on “RV-C Protocol.” RV-C is Recreation Vehicle-CAN,…
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Sunset Park RV and Pennsylvania Dealer Partner on Sweet Trailer Giveaway
Independent RV maker Sunset Park RV and Pennsylvania dealership Susquehanna RV, with two locations in the Keystone State, have launched…
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Truma Upgrades, Adds Personnel at Lakeland Service Center
Truma North America has made some changes to its Lakeland, Florida, service center to accommodate more Truma and Alde customers.…
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Meyer Distributing Partners with Trampoline Company
Meyer Distributing is partnering with Springfree Trampoline Co. and will begin offering the global company’s line of trampolines to its…
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Grand Design Hosts 8th Annual National Owners’ Rally
Grand Design Recreational Vehicles kicked off its eighth annual National Owners Rally today, Aug. 30, which runs through Friday, Sept.…
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Gulf Stream Hosts Inaugural ‘Celebration’ for Vintage and Vista Cruiser Owners
Gulf Stream Coach recently hosted its first-ever “Celebration” for owners of the company’s Vintage Cruiser and Vista Cruiser laminated lightweight…
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Webinar: ITR Economics Hosts Fall RoadSigns Forecast
On Wednesday, Sept. 7, the RV Industry Association will host a members-only webinar to review the upcoming Fall RV RoadSigns…
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California Assesses Rules to Ban Gas-Powered Vehicles
Editor’s note: RVIA is keeping a close eye on legislation moving forward in California that would eventually impact every vehicle…
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RVWA Board of Directors Applications Now Being Accepted
The RV Women’s Alliance is currently seeking members to join its board of directors. The board is the governing body…
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Dometic Announces Improvements to Awning Business
Dometic said it has been working hard to overhaul the stocking, manufacturing and delivery practices surrounding its RV awnings, and…
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Way Interglobal Sets Ribbon Cutting Date
Way Interglobal has announced the ribbon cutting ceremony for its new headquarters will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5.…
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Bowlus Is Lone RV Company on This Week’s NHTSA Recall List
Just one RV-related company is featured on this week’s vehicular recall list put out by the National Highway Traffic Safety…
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Caravan Salon Reports a Big First Weekend
Caravan Salon 2022, which started this past weekend and will run for 10 days in Düsseldorf, Germany, reported 70,000 visitors…
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New Crosscamp Camper Van Becomes Latest Ultra-Versatile Electric RV
From New Atlas, an online magazine focused on technology, science and lifestyle topics. Crosscamp launched three years ago as a…
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Fed Chair Powell: Interest Rate Raises Not Yet Done
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday said the central bank’s job on lowering inflation is not done, suggesting that…
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RVIA Reports July Shipments Dropped Compared to July ’21
RV shipments dropped in July by a third compared with the same month a year ago, further illustrating an industry…
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Holiday Rambler Debuts Class A Gas Motorhome
Holiday Rambler has announced the Eclipse, a new Class A gas motorhome that has a bevy of sought-after features RVers…
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Ember Recreational Vehicles Expands Sales Team
With a growing dealer base and the coming addition of a new product line debuting this fall – pre-Open House…
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RVTI Uses Forest River Owner’s Rally for Recruitment Efforts
The RV Technical Institute attended a Forest River Owner’s Group rally at the Elkhart, Indiana, County Fairgrounds. The rally had…
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Flow-Rite Honored with Regional Award
The National Association for Business Resources (NABR) announced Flow-Rite Controls’ (FRC) inclusion in its list of West Michigan’s Best and…
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Black Book: Wholesale RV Values Climb as Volume Drops
As the industry continues to normalize after the craziness of the past couple of years, Eric Lawrence at Black Book found…
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RVIA Touts Cheddar News’ Spotlight on the Industry
The following is courtesy of the RV Industry Association, from the News portion of its website. On Friday, August 19,…
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Nominations Due Soon for Inaugural RV Women’s Alliance Awards
The inaugural RV Women’s Alliance Awards will be presented at the awards dinner on Tuesday, Oct. 11, during the RV…
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RVIA Profile: Coley Brady, Co-Founder of Alliance RV
The RV Industry Association from time to time profiles its members and in this installment, features Coley Brady, who co-founded…
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NHTSA Recall List Features Numerous RV Makers
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s weekly list of vehicle recalls features multiple RV manufacturers. Newmar Corp. is recalling its…
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Equator Releases Refrigerator Specifically Tailored to RVs
Equator Advanced Appliances has released its new ConServ RF 1012 DC S RV refrigerator, made specifically to serve the RV…
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New Podcast Coming Tuesday
The fourth Tuesday of the month tomorrow means a brand-new podcast coming your way. Seth Trueblood, a purchasing agent and…
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Chinook RV Announces Open House Events
Chinook will be hosting both current and prospective dealers at its facility during Open House Week, Sept. 26-30. The company’s…
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Keystone’s Ebenroth Named Product Manager of the Montana
Keystone Montana announced that Nick Ebenroth, who most recently championed the company’s Fuzion and Outback brands, has been named Montana’s…
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Gulf Stream Coach: 40 Years in the Making
Despite the “unthinkable” changes that have hit the RV industry over the last few years, there’s one thing that has…
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Vixen Composites Expands into Larger Elkhart Facility
Vixen Composites, an Airxcel brand, has moved into a new 60,000-square-foot facility in Elkhart, Indiana, to accommodate growth in the…
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Fleetwood RV Unveils New Class A Targeting Remote Work
Fleetwood RV is making the remote work trend easier with the introduction of its new Frontier GTX Class A diesel luxury…
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Keystone Begins Production of Arcadia Super Lite
Keystone RV is introducing a super light product line of its Acadia brand, marking phase two of the rollout of…
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RVIA Analysis: Inflation Reduction Act
The legislative watchdogs at the RV Industry Association have been keeping an eye on the Inflation Reduction Act as it…
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Winnebago Board of Directors Approves 50% Quarterly Cash Dividend Increase
Winnebago Industries announced that the company’s board of directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.27 per share payable on…
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Cummins Expresses Support for Biden-Signed Bill
Cummins Inc. leaders say the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law this week by President Biden will play an important…
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Caravan Salon Organizers Identify Trends
Caravan Salon said it expects 736 exhibitors on hand for its annual gathering in Düsseldorf from Aug. 27-Sept. 4. The…
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RVIA Studying Various Aspects of Inflation Reduction Act
Congress this week passed the Inflation Reduction Act, a far-reaching piece of legislation that will affect tens of millions of…
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Commissioners OK Rezoning for Trailer Yard
County officials paved the way for a trailer storage lot over protests from neighbors who fear seeing their paradise torn…
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Kloska Adds Keystone Outback to His Portfolio
Over the past two years, Keystone RV Product Manager Jeff Kloska was responsible for the company’s original Sprinter fifth wheel…
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CRC Industries Celebrates 50th Anniversary of BRAKLEEN
CRC Industries celebrated a pair of milestones for its flagship product, CRC Brākleen, recently when NASCAR returned to Pocono Raceway…
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Six Vying for Jackie Walorski’s Congressional Seat
South Bend, Indiana, TV station WNDU took a look at the race to fill the vacant Congressional seat left open…
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ASA Electronics Partners with Keystone Toy Hauler
ASA Electronics has partnered with Raptor, a Keystone RV brand of toy haulers, to offer customer assistance with its Tire…
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Multiple Manufacturers Make Weekly NHTSA Recall List
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has issues its weekly recall list and the RV industry has a heavier-than-usual presence…
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Truma North America to Sponsor 25th Annual EnviroFest
Truma North America is continuing its commitment to the environment and the Elkhart, Indiana, community as a proud sponsor of…
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HOF Induction Dinner Tonight in Elkhart, Indiana
Members of the 2022 RV/MH Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022 will be at the Hall of Fame in Elkhart,…
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Garmin Introduces New Dash Cam Technology
Garmin International announced the Garmin DriveCam 76 and RVcam 795 all-in-one navigators with a built-in, high-definition dash cam. The company…
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Caravan Salon 2022 Shatters Previous Exhibitor Record
The upcoming Caravan Salon RV show in Düsseldorf, Germany, will break the 700-exhibitor mark for the first time in its…
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Converted Double-Decker Houses Family of Eight
European automotive magazine Motor1.com has an eye for the odd, especially when it comes to RVs. Here, a Brady Bunch-size family finds…
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Carving a Niche From the Ground Up
The Robert Weed Corp. of 2022, with its 250 employees in two locations, would be unrecognizable to its founder, who…
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RVIA State Team Attends U.S. Policymakers Convention
The RV Industry Association’s state government affairs team spent this week at the National Conference of State Legislatures’ 2021 Legislative…
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Renogy Launches Remote Monitoring System
Ontario, California-based Renogy, which makes renewable solar energy products, has announced the release of Renogy One, which it said is…
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KZ RV Donates School Supplies to Elementary Schools
KZ Recreational Vehicles has donated school supplies and gift cards to the teachers of 73 K-4 classrooms in the Westview…
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Genesis Products Acquires Countertop Division of Native Hardwoods
Elkhart, Indiana-based Genesis Products has acquired the Solid Surface division of Native Hardwoods, a manufacturer of hardwood and solid surface…
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VanDyke Retires After 46 Years Serving the Industry
After 46 years in the RV industry, Jerry VanDyke has officially retired effective July 31. David Copeland has taken over…
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Rep. Walorski’s Funeral Procession Route for Thursday
Ceremonies to mourn the death of former U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski conclude with her public funeral service, set to begin…
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Jayco Hands Out Annual Dealer Awards
Jayco recently held its Dealer Homecoming event at the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center in Nashville, and the theme this year…
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Heartland Expands Service and Quality Campus
Heartland RV has recently expanded its service and quality campus to 212,000 square feet with the addition of a new…
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Bowlus Volterra Touted as First Electric Production RV
Luxury RV maker Bowlus has announced what it said is the world’s first production, all-electric RV: the Volterra luxury travel…
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Horizon’s Earnings Hurt by Lack of Expected Seasonal Demand
Despite a negative quarter, Horizon Global’s CEO said his company remains laser-focused on boosting sales and cutting costs. The company…
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Ep. 42 – Blending Tradition with A New Way
Ashley Bontrager Lehman is the granddaughter of the founders of Jayco but she’s making her own mark on the industry…
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Multiple RV Manufacturers Represented on Weekly NHTSA Recall List
The weekly vehicle recall list from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has been released, and the following RV and…
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Together Outdoors Debuts Grant Program to Support ‘Frontline’ Organizations
The Together Outdoors (TO) Coalition, an initiative committed to advancing equity and inclusion in all aspects of the outdoor recreation…
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Ember’s Founder and CEO is Podcast Guest
RV Founder and CEO Ashley Bontrager Lehman will be the guest on this week’s In Tow with RV PRO podcast.…
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Cavco Industries Reports Record Net Revenue and Income Totals
Cavco Industries said it had net revenue of $588 million and net income of $60 million in the recent quarter,…
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RVIA Names Candidates for Open Supplier Board Seats
The RV Industry Association (RVIA) said four candidates are running for this year’s two open Supplier seats on its board…
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nuCamp Hosts Annual Teardrop Rally
Sugarcreek, Ohio-based nuCamp said more than 300 teardrop trailers descended on its home community recently for the sixth annual uCamp…
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Firefly Integrations Names New Marketing Manager
Firefly Integrations today announced that Marshall Stutzman has been promoted to marketing manager. Marshall has been with Firefly Integrations since…
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Dometic Continues NAARVA Support with 2022 National Rally Sponsorship
Dometic has announced its sponsorship of the National African American RVers Association’s annual National Camp Rally, set for Aug. 7-14…
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Running Out of Room in the ‘RV Capital of the World’
Steven Clark, general manager of R. Yoder Construction in Nappanee, Indiana, says that at this point, he’d welcome a little…
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Industry, Colleagues Mourn Loss of RV Advocate Rep. Jackie Walorski
The RV industry lost a beloved advocate yesterday after U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Walorski, 58, R-Ind., was killed in a car…
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Indiana Congresswoman Walorski, Three Others Killed in Car Wreck in Nappanee
U.S Congresswoman Jackie Walorski, 58, (R-Ind.) is one of four people killed in a Wednesday wreck near Nappanee, Indiana. The…
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