Manufacturing News

(March 17, 2008) -- Lawyers representing hurricane victims will consolidate all lawsuits under a massive single suit Tuesday which will name 34 manufacturers and FEMA as defendents.

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(March 13, 2008) -- Chrysler plans a corporate-wide shutdown the weeks of July 7 and July 14. It's common for automakers to shut down plants in July, but this also would affect salaried workers.

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(March 12, 2008) -- A Weekend Warrior dealership in southern California confirmed today that at least 200 employees had been laid off. One Midwestern dealer had heard that number could be as high as 400 people. Phones at the company's headquarters were not being answered this afternoon.

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(March 12, 2008) -- President Bob Wert says due to an economic down turn, they've been forced to reduce their workforce by 47 hourly employees. That's a 17-percent decrease overall from 278 employees to 231.

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(March 11, 2008) -- The 4.99 percent financing program runs from through May 31, and is offered through participating dealers only. The Smart Buy finance rate is good on loans up to 240 months. Offer is subject to credit approval through GEMB Lending Inc.

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(March 10, 2008) -- Officials from Thor and Travel Supreme have not yet returned messages left by RV Industry News. However, dealers in several different parts of the country have said they heard from key contacts at Travel Supreme that a deal is pending.

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(March 10, 2008) -- Net income for the quarter was $21.6 million, up 18 percent from $18.3 million last year. Sales for the quarter were $599 million, up 3 percent from $584 million last year.

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(March 6, 2008) -- RV revenues were off 22 percent in the quarter to $254.2 million from $324.0 million The RV Group incurred a lower operating loss of $4.2 million for the third quarter compared with a $15.8 million operating loss in the comparable period of the prior year.

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(March 5, 2008) -- And as the interim report points out, there are a number of factors that can have a significant impact on formaldehyde levels, including the age of the unit, environment, manufacturer, cooking, smoking and the individual use of the unit.

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(March 4, 2008) -- The interim findings show Gulfstream, Keystone, Pilgrim and Forest River — all manufactured housing firms based in Elkhart County — had higher than normal levels of formaldehyde. Gulfstream's levels were highest with an average of 110 ppm.

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(March 3, 2008) -- Developed with Bank of America, new RV finance unit that will provide innovative, exclusive benefits to Fleetwood's recreational vehicle dealers, as well as competitive retail financing to the dealers' customers.

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(Feb. 28, 2008) -- Everything imaginable in this state-of-the-art 600,000-square-foot facility for the complete manufacturing of RV's from blueprints to completed coaches will be auctioned.

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(Feb. 26, 2008) -- The announcement represents its 17th consecutive quarterly cash dividend since the company declared its initial cash dividend Feb. 23, 2004.

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(Feb. 26, 2008) -- A total of 24,900 RVs were shipped to dealers in January, down from the 26,800 units shipped during the same month in 2006. Towable units in general were down 4.4 percent in January and motorhome deliveries were down 21.4 percent.

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(Feb. 26, 2008) -- All manufacturing from the Flat Creek Lodges plant in Alabama will relocate to Athens, Texas. Mike Burleson ,owner of Flat Creek Lodges, will become a full time employee of Athens Park Homes as vice president of the Flo Lodge Division.

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(Feb. 26, 2008) -- Nate McClain of McClain's RV Super Stores was present to take delivery of this benchmark unit. constructed in conjunction with Gulf Stream Coach's 25th silver anniversary celebration.

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(Feb. 22, 2008) -- With sales up 2 percent to $598 million, Thor also announced that it purchased 374,239 of its shares in the quarter at an average price of $31.54 per share.

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(Feb. 22, 2008) -- Coachmen says it did not sell any trailers directly to FEMA, but admits that a proportionately small number of its products were used by FEMA.

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(Feb. 20, 2008) -- A 16 percent drop in the past three months in sales of the large luxury motor homes made by the Fleetwood Enterprises on US 224 East has resulted in layoffs for 195 employees.

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(Feb.19, 2008) -- While Coachmen upgraded Spirit of America on the outside with high-end laminated walls, it retained those features that have made it so popular with RVers like exterior pass through storage, easy to use floorplans and well-appointed interiors.

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