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Starcraft RV. Starcraft RV is a subsidiary of the Jayco Family of Companies, headquartered in Shipshewana, Indiana. The company was founded in 1903 as a farm equipment manufacturer and later expanded into marine manufacturing before shifting its focus to recreational vehicles (RVs) in the 1960s. [16]
Livin Lite RV. Shipshewana, Indiana, United States. Martin Walter of Folkestone. Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom. Products produced under the Dormobile brand Mauck ...
In March 2012, Mark Lucas became the president and general manager of Shasta RV. The company has grown to include a sales office, multiple production facilities and a finished goods staging area. In 2015, Lucas introduced the 1961 Airflyte re-issue with production limited to 1,941 units, honoring the company's first year in business.
Forest River, Inc. was founded in 1996 by Peter Liegl [3] after purchasing certain assets of Cobra Industries, [4] where CEO Peter Liegl worked from 1985 to 1993. The company started by manufacturing tent campers, travel trailers, fifth wheels, and park models under the model lines Salem, Sierra, Sandpiper, Wildwood, Rockwood, Flagstaff, Summit, and Quailridge.
The company was founded by Forest City, Iowa businessman John K. Hanson in February 1958. At the time, the town, located in Winnebago County, Iowa, was undergoing an economic downturn, so Hanson and a group of community leaders convinced a California firm, Modernistic Industries, to open a travel trailer factory in a bid to revive the local economy.
In September 2018, it was announced that Thor had agreed to purchase Hymer, a German manufacturer of RVs, in a deal worth $2.45 billion in the largest acquisition in the company's history. Hymer is the largest RV manufacturer in Europe. As a result of the deal, Thor Industries became the largest RV manufacturer in the world. [41]
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The Truck Surf Hotel, a two-story, five-room hotel built on a Mercedes Actros truck chassis. Constructed on either a truck chassis, a specially designed motor vehicle chassis , or a commercial bus chassis, a Class A motorhome resembles a bus in design and has a flat or vertical front end with large side windows.