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Camping World Opens SuperCenter in Rochester Area
Camping World Holdings announced the opening of Camping World of Rochester, N.Y. The SuperCenter expands RV sales and service to…
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CEO Offers Details Behind LKQ’s Recent Earning Report
During LKQ’s April 28 Q1 earnings call, President and CEO Nick Zarcone said supply chain transport issues continue to “provide…
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Triple E, Alliance, Tiffin on NHTSA Recall List
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has issued its weekly recall list and three RV manufacturers are featured. Triple E…
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Cortes Campers Receives $1.5M Purchase Order from Outback RV of Texas
US Lighting Group announced that its subsidiary, Cortes Campers, has received an initial purchase order worth $1.5 million from Outback…
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Newmar Unveils New Model Year Changes
This past Tuesday at the 2022 Newmar dealer event, Vice President of Sales John Sammut highlighted new year model changes.…
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Media Training Available at RVs Move America Week
As part of RVs Move America Week in Washington, D.C., in early June, a new offering for attendees this year…
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Catalytic Converter Thefts Have Increased Four-Fold in Three Years
There has been a sharp increase in the number of catalytic converters being stolen across the country, resulting in vehicles…
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Loki Basecamp Debuts New Coach Series
Motor1.com takes a look at the newest Loki Basecamp offering. Loki Basecamp is a company that builds truck campers, but…
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Patrick Industries’ Earnings Top $1B; 58% Increase
Patrick Industries reported net sales of $1.3 billion during the first quarter, an increase of 58 percent year-over-year from the…
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Open House Week Returning to Elkhart in September
Forest River and THOR Industries have agreed to hold this year’s Elkhart RV Dealer Open House the week of Sept.…
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LKQ Corp. Revenue Up Nearly 6%
LKQ Corp., parent company of NTP-STAG, reports revenue in the first quarter of $3.3 billion, a 5.6 percent increase over…
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Dometic Posts 55% Increase in Sales for Q1
Sweden-based Dometic, which releases its earnings in Krona, reported sales during the first quarter equivalent to $770 million, a 55…
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RV Chassis Drive Sales Spike for The Shyft Group
The Shyft Group, which serves multiple transportation markets including RV chassis, reported sales of $207 million in the first quarter,…
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Dometic Hires New Talent to Support its RV Customers
Dometic has added 10 new employees to its roster to support the company’s wide array of RV customers. The company…
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Expion360 Begins Shipments of Hundreds of Lithium Batteries to AIM Wholesale
Expion360, producers of lithium batteries and accessories for RVs, outdoor, marine, residential and industrial, has begun shipping its e360 lithium-ion…
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Newmar Event Features Top Dealer Awards
On Tuesday evening, Newmar’s 2022 dealer event at the Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., included dinner, a…
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J.D. Power Report Finds Prices Up Across the Board
J.D. Power has released its NADAguides Market Insights for the first quarter and the report found that prices were up…
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RVIA Study IDs Changing RVer Demographics
ELKHART, Ind. – The “typical” RV buyer is getting much younger. That was the assessment of a panel of RV…
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THOR Named to Newsweek’s ‘America’s Most Trusted Companies’
THOR Industries has been named to Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Trusted Companies 2022. The award is presented by Newsweek…
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Jayco Breaks Ground on Employee Health Clinic
Jayco has broken ground on a new health clinic to serve its employees and dependents utilizing the company’s health plan.…
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Cook Political Report’s Amy Walter to be a Speaker at RVs Move America Week
Attendees at this year’s RVs Move America Week, June 5-9 in Washington, D.C., will hear political analysis from Amy Walter,…
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Actor John Ratzenberger Partners with Xtreme Outdoors
Actor, producer and director John Ratzenberger will be traveling the backroads of America this year, towing a 2022 Little Guy…
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Ford F-150 Lightning Production Officially Launched
A crowd of hundreds that included Ford hourly workers and customers cheered throughout a 30-minute launch celebration of the 2022…
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Newmar Welcomes Dealers to Florida Gathering
ORLANDO, Fla. – Mike Happe, CEO of Winnebago Industries opened Newmar’s 2022 dealer event Tuesday at the Gaylord Hotel &…
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DENSO Announces Two Promotions
DENSO Products and Services Americas has promoted Reggie Cruz to director of corporate planning and Manny Rodriguez to senior manager…
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RVIA’s Former Standards VP to Receive Meritorious Service Award
The RV Industry Association‘s former Vice President of Standards, Bruce Hopkins, will be receiving the Meritorious Service Award at the…
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Make-A-Wish Partnering with Winnebago Industries
Minnesota’s KARE covers Winnebago’s new partnership with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Nothing says bonding like an old-fashioned family road trip. Being…
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Blog: Defining the Role of Lifestyle Marketing for RV Companies
Over the last several months, I’ve shared the differences between product marketing, brand marketing and lifestyle marketing, and we’ve also…
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March Shipments Set a New All-Time Record
Results for the RV Industry Association’s March 2022 survey of manufacturers determined that total RV shipments ended the month with…
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Newmar, Keystone, Forest River, Tiny Idahomes on Weekly Recall List
A handful of RV companies are featured on this week’s recall list from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. Newmar…
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Lance Camper Launches New Video Series
Lance Camper announced the release of its all-new video series, “Lance at a Glance.” This series of short, under-a-minute videos…
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Alliance RV Owners Group to Conduct First ‘Owner Empowerment Rally’
The Alliance RV Owners Group announced today it will conduct its first-ever owner empowerment rally, including an RV Fundamentals class…
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Coach-Net Hosts Industry Partners at New Headquarters
Every year, Coach-Net, a provider of RV technical and roadside assistance for 35 years, honors its hardworking employees with an…
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Cavco Industries Acquires Manufacturing Facility in North Carolina
Cavco Industries announced its closing on the acquisition of a 184,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Hamlet, N.C. As previously announced, the…
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Tickets on Sale for RV/MH Hall of Fame Induction Dinner
Reservations are now open for the 2022 RV/MH Hall of Fame’s annual induction dinner. This year the event will be…
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New Podcast Episode this Tuesday
The next episode of the In Tow with RV PRO podcast will be going live this Tuesday with guest Chad…
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Mopeka Products Acquires Sonariot
Mopeka Products, makers of sonar tank monitoring solutions, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sonariot. Together, Mopeka…
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ASA Electronics Hires New Marketing Director
ASA Electronics has hired Rachel West as its new marketing director, following the retirement of Monica Pletchert. In this role,…
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FCCC Names Commercial Chassis Sales Manager for Western Region
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. (FCCC) has appointed company and industry veteran Brent McKinney to be its new Western region technical…
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Lance Camper Resumes Plant Tours in May
Lancaster, Calif.-based Lance Camper has announced it has begun announced it is restarting plant tours for the public next month.…
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Nebraska Dealers Now Allowed to Sell Large Fifth Wheels
One of the missions of the RV Industry Association is to monitor state and federal legislation that might have some…
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A Satellite’s View of Supply Chain Issues
COVID-19 has again reared its ugly head in China, and parts of that country are undergoing the largest outbreak of…
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Airstream Extends Program to Offset Carbon Emissions from ’22 Models
Airstream has extended its program to help neutralize the estimated carbon emissions created by the manufacturer and use of the…
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Hoefer Group Acquires North Dakota Factory to Build RVs
Hoefer Group, owned by RV industry veteran Charles Hoefer and directed by Hoefer’s wife Andrea Kine, has closed $3 million…
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New Truma Units Featured in Forest River No Boundaries
Forest River No Boundaries has chosen the brand-new Truma Aventa Eco for its new “Unplugged” package, specifically for its ability…
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Continental Cuts Earnings Forecast; Cites Ukraine War
Continental cut its annual earnings forecast and warned of “lasting consequences” for production and supply chains if the war in…
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Volkswagen, Jayco Launch Camper Van Down Under
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has teamed up with Jayco to create a camper van based on the VW Crafter van. The…
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Expion360 Achieves UL Compliance for Recreational Batteries
Lithium battery maker Expion360 announced it has completed UL 1973 compliance on its 60-120Ah batteries. Because of the growing demand…
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History: A Look Back at ‘Frank’s Motor Home’
Transportation-oriented website Jalopnik takes us on a way-back Wednesday journey to an important time in RV history. When the subject…
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Allison Transmission Earns CARB Certification
Allison Transmission today announced it has received certification from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for the model year 2022…
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Exclusive: ATC Breaks Ground on New HQ Facility
Aluminum Trailer Co. (ATC) today broke ground on a new 221,000-square-foot facility at its home in Nappanee, Ind., which will…
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RVs Move America Week to Feature First Emerging Leaders Coalition Gathering
RVs Move America Week, scheduled for June 5-9 in Washington, D.C., is an annual event where volunteers from across the…
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RVIA Puts the Spotlight on the Rental Market
As consumers evolve and their expectations change, the RV rental market is evolving as well to keep up with them,…
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Crane Composites Supports Local Community Charities
Illinois-based Crane Composites, a subsidiary of Crane Co., recently presented 35 local charity organizations with donations from the Crane Fund…
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IDS Launches Monthly Market Analysis
Integrated Dealer Systems, an RV, marine and trailer dealership software provider, has announced the launch of its “Dealership Industry Insights”…
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Dometic Hosts Mid-Year Strategy Meetings with Key Players
Dometic said a team of people from the company will meet this week with RV manufacturing, aftermarket and service leaders…
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Suburban Adds New Water Heater to Product Line
Suburban, an Airxcel brand, announced a key expansion to its water heater product line with the new IW42 – a…
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Chinese Lockdowns Curbing Supply Chain Improvements
What happens in China doesn’t stay in China. And for American supply chains, that is usually a good thing. American…
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Make-A-Wish, Winnebago and RV Retailer Team Up
Make-A-Wish, Winnebago Industries and RV Retailer have announced they will partner to provide outdoor adventures to wishers across the country.…
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Easter Weekend Message from RVIA’s Craig Kirby
Craig Kirby is President and CEO of the RV Industry Association. Good afternoon Members, As we enter the Easter holiday,…
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Dexter Acquires Premium Supply
DexKo Global, manufacturers of trailer running gear, chassis assemblies and related components, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Dexter Axle, has…
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Derema Group Expanding, Adding Staff in Elkhart
Derema Group said it will be expanding in the Elkhart, Ind., area to meet the demands of its vendors and…
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USTR Reinstates 352 Section 301 China Tariff Product Exclusions
The following update is provided by the RV Industry Association. In prior Federal Register notices, the U.S. Trade Representative modified…
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VW CFO Expects Chip Shortage to Persist Into 2024
Volkswagen Group expects the semiconductor shortage to continue longer than expected, the automaker’s finance chief, Arno Antlitz, said. Supplies of…
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Product Innovation Leads the Way for this Elkhart-Based Supplier
Wayne Kaylor is a serial entrepreneur. And, with a successful history that dates all the way back to the mid-1980s,…
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Way Interglobal Announces Two Key Hires
Way Interglobal has named Michael Pahud as its chief financial officer, a newly created position to help lead the financial…
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AMIC Global Sold to Component Sourcing International
Sun Acquisitions has announced the sale of AMIC Global Inc. to Component Sourcing International (CSI). Illinois-based AMIC is a diversified…
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COVID Curbs in China Threaten Supply Chain Paralysis
China’s race to stop the spread of COVID-19 is clogging highways and ports, stranding workers and shutting countless factories –…
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Event Schedule Released for ‘RVs Move America Week’
The annual RVs Move America Week gathering returns after a two-year hiatus June 5 – 9 in Washington, D.C. The…
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Brightstar-Backed Novae Acquires LOOK Trailers
Markle, Ind.-based trailer manufacturer Novae, a portfolio company of Brightstar Capital Partners, announced that it has acquired LOOK Trailers, the…
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Annual Truma Spring Clean-up Expands This Year
For the second straight year Truma employees will once again be celebrating Earth Day by cleaning up the roadways around…
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Ep. 34: Jason Lippert on the Importance of Staying Nimble
Lippert Industries is a $4.5 billion company with locations all over the globe, but CEO Jason Lippert said it’s the…
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Ford, Multiple RV Manufacturers Featured in NHTSA Weekly Recalls
Ford is recalling its 2022 Transit because the rearview camera may not operate correctly. The recall number is 22V186. Ford…
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American Coach Extends Partnership with Four-Time Indy 500 Champ
Hélio Castroneves, the race car driver and fan favorite who won his fourth Indy 500 championship last year, is continuing…
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Cooper Standard Names Quinn VP, Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer
Cooper Standard has announced the appointment of Shannon B. Quinn to vice president, chief commercial and strategy officer. In her…
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New Podcast Coming Tuesday: Jason Lippert
The president and CEO of Lippert Industries, Jason Lippert, is our next guest on the In Tow with RV PRO…
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Amazon Seeks 1,000 Workers in Already Tight Elkhart Job Market
Even an unemployment rate among the lowest in the nation hasn’t been enough to deter Amazon from building two distribution…
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Valterra Refreshes Look Following Dometic Buyout a Year Ago
Valterra Products has announced that it is updating its logo to better reflect the new position of the company following…
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Innovative Motion Technologies Unveils New Branding
Innovative Motion Technologies (IMT), an industrial technology platform providing interface and controls solutions, has unveiled its new branding and website.…
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Flashback Friday: The First Airstream
As much of the U.S. is finally starting to emerge from winter and thoughts of road tripping and starry nights…
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NYT Report: How Intel Makes Computer Chips Amid a Global Shortage
Some feature more than 50 billion tiny transistors that are 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.…
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Ember RV is Fired Up
Conventional wisdom might suggest the worst time to start building travel trailers is in the middle of a global pandemic,…
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R. Yoder Construction to Break Ground on New ATC Headquarters
The Goshen News reports on R. Yoder Construction preparing to break ground on ATC Trailer’s new facility next week. Yoder…
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RVIA Presentation: Current Market Conditions and Reaching Next-Gen RVers
On Tuesday, April 26, experts from the RV Industry Association will host a presentation in Elkhart, Ind., to discuss the…
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Genesis and Patrick on Annual FDMC 300 List
Two Indiana companies made appearances on the FDMC 300 list of top woodwork product makers. Genesis Products finished No. 23…
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Exclusive: Horizon Global Women’s Group Becomes a Global Force
Michigan-based Horizon Global held a company-wide gathering on March 8 to celebrate International Women’s Day, as part of the month-long…
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Baird Survey Again Shows Positive Dealer Sentiment
The results of the latest survey from RVDA and Baird Dealers are positive on both current conditions (56 out of…
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GEN-Y Hitch Named Meyer Distributing Vendor of the Year
GEN-Y Hitch announced that Meyer Distributing has named it the 2021 RV & Towing Vendor of the Year for the…
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Lance Camper Announces Revamped Website
Lance Camper has launched a revised consumer website, featuring the 2022 model year ultra-light travel trailer and truck camper product…
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THOR Explains Move into EVs
The business website Inside iNDIANA Business recently spoke with THOR Industries’ Chief Operating Officer Todd Woelfer about the company’s move…
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Newmar Recognizes Top Suppliers of 2021, Including Top Supplier BlueLinx
Newmar recognized several suppliers and individual contributors for their supply chain performance for 2021 at its recent annual banquet held…
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KING to Supply Cell Signal Boosters to Tiffin Motorhomes
Tiffin Motorhomes, a division of THOR, has chosen KING to supply their cell phone boosters for their upcoming 2023 models.…
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Let’s Go Aero! Releases ‘Moon Unit’ Shelter Attachment
Let’s Go Aero has announced the wide release of its Moon Unit, an all-in-one shelter system for both vehicle tailgate…
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Kenda Receives National Quality Award in Taiwan
Tire manufacturer Kenda has been given the “Best Practice Award” for manufacturing quality during the 26th National Quality Awards in…
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Seminars Announced for RVWA Fall Education Symposium
The RV Women’s Alliance, in partnership with Purdue University, announced the topics for leadership seminars planned during the organization’s inaugural…
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Forest River and Keystone on This Week’s Recall List
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has released its weekly list of vehicular recalls, and RV manufacturers Forest River and…
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RELiON Battery appoints RVLI as Aftermarket Rep Agency
RELiON Battery, a global provider of lithium batteries, has announced that RVLI will represent the company’s line of lithium iron…
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Continental Upgrades its REDI-Sensor Website
Continental, a supplier of OE and aftermarket tire pressure monitoring systems and replacement parts, has just launched a redesigned website…
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THOR to Sell Majority Interest in Roadpass
THOR Industries announced that it has entered into a letter of intent to sell a majority interest in its digital…
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Volkswagen Confirms Prices, Specs for Caddy California RV
An English website called Out & About Live focuses on vehicles that serve the outdoor recreation market. Volkswagen said that…
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