bama_ed
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- Sep 23, 2004
Tiffin Motorhomes, which manufactures Class A and C rv's in Alabama, has been sold this month for $300M to Thor Industries.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/21/tho...-expansion-new-products-with-tiffin-deal.html
https://tiffinmotorhomes.com/blog/tiffin-motorhomes-joins-the-thor-industries-family
Tiffin's models skew toward the high end. They were a privately owned, family (Tiffin) run business, and one son of the founder kicked for Alabama in the 1980s including a dramatic buzzer beater field goal over 50 yards to win the game over Auburn (I was there). And a generation later, HIS son was a kicker for one of Nick Saban's national championships at Alabama. The family will continue to run the business.
But they offer a plant tour at their Red Bay, AL facility (close to the MS state line) where the Class A's are made and I have wanted to do it for a while. (currently on hold due to covid). But I will get up there one day in 2021 to do it. I have done the plant tours for T@b (the little teardrop campers) and Airstream (both in Ohio) and found them very interesting.
The Thor conglomerate, though, continues to gobble up independent companies. Not long ago it was Jayco (my first popup was a Jayco) and now Tiffin.
I'll post pics and a report when I take the tour. I can dream of a high end Class A like their Phaeton but a drive-able rv like a Class A doesn't really appeal to me.
Bama Ed
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/21/tho...-expansion-new-products-with-tiffin-deal.html
https://tiffinmotorhomes.com/blog/tiffin-motorhomes-joins-the-thor-industries-family
Tiffin's models skew toward the high end. They were a privately owned, family (Tiffin) run business, and one son of the founder kicked for Alabama in the 1980s including a dramatic buzzer beater field goal over 50 yards to win the game over Auburn (I was there). And a generation later, HIS son was a kicker for one of Nick Saban's national championships at Alabama. The family will continue to run the business.
But they offer a plant tour at their Red Bay, AL facility (close to the MS state line) where the Class A's are made and I have wanted to do it for a while. (currently on hold due to covid). But I will get up there one day in 2021 to do it. I have done the plant tours for T@b (the little teardrop campers) and Airstream (both in Ohio) and found them very interesting.
The Thor conglomerate, though, continues to gobble up independent companies. Not long ago it was Jayco (my first popup was a Jayco) and now Tiffin.
I'll post pics and a report when I take the tour. I can dream of a high end Class A like their Phaeton but a drive-able rv like a Class A doesn't really appeal to me.
Bama Ed