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The wheels are slowly turning again for the RV industry here, the mainstay of this region's economy.

In the midst of a business downturn for recreational vehicles in 1980, Wade Thompson purchased an iconic but failing brand, Airstream, and turned it into a money maker within a year.

A young recreational vehicle manufacturer has joined the chorus of companies announcing job expansions.

Congress is focused on creating jobs, reducing the federal deficit, taking care of American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and creating an " American energy bill," according to U.S. Rep.

Editor's Note: Here is how The Dominion Post , a Wellington, New Zealand-based newspaper, reported on the death last week of New Zealand native Wade F.B. Thompson.

Wade F. B. Thompson Co-Founder, Chairman, President and CEO Loses 14 Year Battle... Below is an auto news article from November 13, 2009 from Automotive.com and PRNewswire.

The board of directors of Thor Industries Inc. announced today that its co-founder, chairman, president and CEO, Wade F. B. Thompson, died Thursday after a 14-year battle with five cancers.

Retail registrations of Class A and Class C motorhomes totaled 1,485 in September, down 24% from the 1,954 sold in September 2008, Statistical Surveys Inc.

Keystone RV Company has purchased two former Fleetwood Travel Trailers manufacturing plants in Pendleton.

Keystone RV Co. is expanding its western operations but a company official maintains Elkhart County will remain the home for recreational vehicle manufacturing.

Thor Industries Inc. says chairman and CEO Wade F. B. Thompson is ill and has stepped aside.

JACKSON CENTER, Ohio - Thor Industries Inc. said Tuesday its chairman and CEO Wade F. B. Thompson has stepped aside due to illness and has been replaced on an interim basis by the company's vice chairman.

Nine recreational park trailer manufacturers will be displaying their latest units for the RV park and campground industry in the Park Model Pavilion at the annual InSites Convention & Outdoor Hospitality Expo Nov.

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn.-- --Dollar General launched a new Web section today that is dedicated entirely to the holidays.

Winnebago Industries Inc. today announced that the A board of directors on TuesdayA elected Randy J. Potts to the position of senior vice president, strategic planning.

The new Kinro Inc. plant in Pendleton, Ore., is located next door - literally a hop, skip and a jump away - to a major customer, Keystone RV Co., according to KEPR-TV, Pasco, Wash.

Winnebago Industries Inc. received the coveted Quality Circle Award a record 15th straight year, the company noted today in a news release.

Officials with the recreational trailer company Jayco Inc. say 200 workers will be hired and production will be increased at plants in Twin Falls and Middlebury, Ind.

Coachmen Industries Inc., modular housing and specialty vehicle maker, will be changing its name to All American Group, according to a press release from the manufacturer.

Jayco Inc. has added a couple hundred workers and is escalating production as dealers, encouraged by an incentive program, restock their showrooms in anticipation of strong spring sales.