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Thor also continued acquiring RV and travel trailer makers, including Indiana-based Dutchmen in 1991 [12] and Four Winds International (also based in Indiana) in 1992. [13] By 1994, Thor Industries was the second-largest manufacturer of RVs in North America. [14]
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.
Provides trailers to the US Government Auto-Sleepers. Broadway, Worcestershire, ... Defunct.Produced travel trailers from 1946 to 1980. Caravans International.
By 1971, the Jayco Family of Companies had entered the travel trailer market, producing 1,100 units in its debut year, followed by its expansion into the fifth-wheel trailer market in 1972. [ 8 ] In 1985, Lloyd Bontrager died in a plane crash, [ 9 ] and leadership transitioned to other executives, including Al Yoder and Wilbur Bontrager. [ 10 ]
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Heartland RVs is an American manufacturer of recreational vehicles located in Elkhart, Indiana. Founded by former Damon Corp. CEO Brian Brady in 2003, it was purchased and became a subsidiary of Thor Industries in 2010.
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.
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]