RVBusiness, September/October 2018

Texas based Fun Town RV in July opened its a new dealership its ninth at WinStar World Casino and Resort The move also included an adjoining RV park being renamed the Fun Town RV Park at WinStar La Mesa RV with a July 13 ribboncutting ceremony opened one of the largest RV showrooms in the nation in West Sacramento Calif featuring more than 130000 square feet of climatecontrolled space Additionally the dealership which has more than a dozen locations in California Arizona New Mexico and Florida announced the recent promotion of Bob Upton to CEO and Jason Kimbrell to president the role previously held by Upton In a June 29 announcement RV Retailer LLC RVR Fort Lauderdale Fla acquired Motor Home Specialist MHS a high volume Dallas area Internet retailer from Doug OBanion and his son Donny OBanion who will continue to lead MHS as its CEO and will retain an ownership stake in the business RV Retailer which has stated its interest in acquiring other RV dealerships is led by CEO and President Jon Ferrando a former executive with AutoNation Inc Dixie RV SuperStores is up to five 26 RVBusiness S E P T E M B E R O C T O B E R 2 0 1 8 locations in Alabama Florida and Louisiana after the addition in August of Johnnys RV in Grand Bay Ala according to a Market Insider report PleasureLand RV Center announced on June 29 that it had acquired Northview Campers in Sioux Falls S D representing the seventh location for the Minnesota based dealership B Young RV Inc has broken ground on an 18 acre dealership and repair shop in Woodland Wash The Daily News reported that B Young RV purchased the property in December 2016 to construct a 47000 square foot building with a parking lot and an inventory yard RVB CURT to Expand its Hitch Production in Wisconsin CURT a manufacturer of hitches and a complete line of towing products is expanding its hitch manufacturing capacity in Eau Claire Wis and consolidating electrical manufacturing operations in Eau Claire and the Philippines into one location The move is in response to significant growth in all categories this past year and in particular wiring harness business As CURT prepares to launch new technologically advanced products the wiring harness category has been one area of focus Currently CURT manufactures harnesses in a facility in the Philippines and a small portion of the Eau Claire plant Operations have been consolidated into one location in Mexico In other company news CURT Group companies UWS and LUVERNE are marking anniversaries this year UWS a manufacturer of storage carriers and truck accessories has been in operation since 1981 while truck commercial van and SUV accessories supplier LUVERNE is marking its 55th year RVB Valterra Acquires Next Wave Mission Hills Calif based Valterra Products LLC announced on July 19 the acquisition of Next Wave a supplier of LED lights and accessories for RVs trailers and automotive applications We are excited to add the Next Wave product line to the Valterra offering said Bryan Fletcher vice president of sales for Valterra Products Next Wave has been an innovator of LED products for the past several years and the product line complements the Diamond LED products our acquisition made in 2017 Hu Langston will manage our LED product Valterra has been a manufacturer and supplier to RV pool and spa and industrial markets since 1981 RVB