More RV workers laid off in Elkhart County

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Layoffs and cutbacks at Newmar, Monaco, Travel Supreme RV

Recent layoffs and cutbacks have fueled new fears of a major slowdown across the local RV industry. (WSBT photo)

By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Jan 30, 2008 at 5:46 PM EST

Story Updated: Jan 31, 2008 at 8:32 AM EST

More RV workers are off the job after layoffs at another
local plant.

Employees at Newmar RV in Nappanee tell WSBT the company laid off 20 percent of production workers Wednesday.

The company employs about 600 people.

Our calls to the company have not been returned.

The mayor told us he'd heard about the layoffs, and that the company told him they hope to re-hire the laid-off workers.

These layoffs come less than a week after Monaco Coach in Wakarusa laid off 200 employees.

More than 200 workers at Travel Supreme just went back to work this week after having their shifts cut. Travel Supreme's president says layoffs are likely.

Coachmen RV says it's selling its Elkhart corporate headquarters, and moving its headquarters to Middlebury.

The company told RV Business Magazine that since they no longer have manufacturing operations in Elkhart or Edwardsburg, Elkhart offices no longer make sense.

The company has already consolidated some of the Middlebury plants into one. Poor market conditions prompted that decision.

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