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company Airstream has started rolling out a series of wireless control systems for home lighting, reticulation and security as it seeks to stay ahead of competitors in the home automation market.
Not exact matches
Its founder and CEO, Dicky Riegel, ran
Airstream for several years (and tripled sales); he then ran
Airstream's parent
company, Thor Industries (THO)(No. 668 on the Fortune 1,000), based in Elkhart, Ind..
Much has changed since 1931, when
Airstream's founder, Wally Byam, a Los Angeles lawyer, founded the
company.
The
Company's segments include towable recreational vehicles, which consists of the operations of
Airstream, Inc. (
Airstream)(towable); Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC (Heartland)(including Bison Coach, LLC (Bison), Cruiser RV, LLC (CRV) and DRV, LLC (DRV)-RRB-; Jayco, Corp. (Jayco)(including Jayco towable, Starcraft and Highland Ridge), Keystone RV
Company (Keystone)(including CrossRoads and Dutchmen) and K.Z., Inc. (KZ)(including Livin» Lite RV, Inc. (Livin» Lite)-RRB-; motorized recreational vehicles, which consists of the operations of
Airstream (motorized), Jayco (including Jayco motorized and Entegra Coach) and Thor Motor Coach, Inc. (Thor Motor Coach), and Other, which includes the operations of its subsidiary, Postle Operating, LLC (Postle).
The riveted aluminum body screams
Airstream, but the all - new Basecamp is unlike anything we've recently seen from the 87 - year - old
company.
The
company operates manufacturer - authorized, new car and truck dealerships representing 14 brands including Rolls - Royce Motor Cars, BMW, Maserati, Porsche, Land Rover, Jaguar, smart car, Mercedes - Benz, Sprinter, Infiniti,
Airstream, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac.
The 12 operating subsidiaries include
Airstream, Bison Coach, Crossroads RV, Cruiser RV, DRV Luxury Suites, Dutchman, Heartland RV, KZ, Keystone RV
Company, Livin Lite RVs, Thor Motor Coach, and Postle Aluminum.
The
company offers travel trailers under the trade names of
Airstream International, Classic Limited, Sport, Flying Cloud, Land Yacht, and Eddie Bauer; Interstate and Autobahn Class B motorhomes; conventional travel trailers and fifth wheels under the trade names of Cruiser, Rushmore, Zinger, Elevation, ReZerve, Sunset Trail, Montana, Springdale, Hornet, Sprinter, Outback, Laredo, Alpine, Bullet, Fuzion, Raptor, Passport, Cougar, Coleman, Kodiak, Aspen Trail, Voltage, Landmark, Bighorn, Sundance, Elk Ridge, Trail Runner, Cyclone, Prowler, Wilderness, Sportsmen, Vision, Spree, MXT, Durango, SportTrek, and Sonic; and luxury fifth wheels under the name of Redwood.
This promotion aligns the desire of both
companies to help people love where they live,» says Mollie Hansen, vice president of marketing at
Airstream.