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Forest River, Inc. was founded in 1996 by Peter Liegl [2] after purchasing certain assets of Cobra Industries, [3] 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.
Side view of a 2011 Sundance travel trailer, built by Heartland Recreational Vehicles Caravan of Heartland Bighorn RVs on the way to the Summer 2009 Oregon Rally in Winchester, Oregon. Heartland RVs is an American manufacturer of recreational vehicles located in Elkhart, Indiana.
Fleetwood RV's origins date back to 1950, when John C. Crean formed Coach Specialties Company in southern California, as a maker of window blinds for travel trailers. [2] Around 1953, Crean renamed the company to Fleetwood Trailer Company, a name inspired by the automotive bodies incorporated into various Cadillac lines of automobiles . [ 2 ]
Of more than 400 travel trailer builders operating in 1936, Airstream was the sole survivor of the Depression. [4] During World War II, travel became a luxury most could not afford and non-military industries faced an acute aluminum shortage. When World War II ended, the economy boomed, and people's attention once again turned towards leisure ...
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.
Caravan and travel trailer manufacturers (16 P) Pages in category "Recreational vehicle manufacturers" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total.
Gulf Stream Coach, Inc. is based in Nappanee, Indiana and has additional factories in Goshen and Etna Green, Indiana.. The company is the largest privately held full-line recreational vehicle manufacturer in North America, offering 26 brands and more than 100 models, while employing over 1,500 men and women in Elkhart County.