Forest River Inc is a US manufacturer of a diverse line of primarily recreational vehicle products, $1.6 billion in sales, 60 plants, 5,400 employees. Located in Elkhart, Indiana, the company operates multiple manufacturing facilities throughout the Mid West and West Coast. CEO, Peter Liegl founded the company in 1996, which today makes all classes of RVs, cargo trailers, utility trailer, pontoon boats, light and medium-duty buses (mostly shuttle buses – not inner-city transit buses), portable offices, and structures to use for temporary schools. Forest River also owns a manufactured housing business, Hart Homes.
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In 1996 Peter Liegl founded Forest River Incorporated in Eldhart Indiana and today run over 60 factories on the West Coat and Mid Wes building a wide variety of Motor Homes, 5th Wheels, Travel Trailers, Cargo Trailers, Utility Trailers, Portable Offices and building for schools, Coaches and medium-duty Shuttle Buses. Employing over 5,400 people with a revenue exceeding $1.6 billion, Forest River also owns and operates Hart Homes for building manufactured homes in the USA.
Forest River has several additional divisions such as Prime Time Manufacturing, Elkhart Coach, Coachmen RV, Shasta RV, Palomino RV and a Subsidiary named Glaval Bus.
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Forrest River came to be purchased by Berkshire Hathaway in 2005. Warren Buffett was chatting with Pete Liegl about the RV business and the next day faxed Pete an offer to purchase Forrest River. Believing it to be a worthy acquisition for Berkshire, Buffett finalized the deal with Liegl on Aug 31st of that year. Warren was certain that Pete was an outstanding businessman and from that felt Forest River Inc was an excellent investment and endeavor.
Forest River sells its vehicles under several different brands.
The following brands are part of Forest River.
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Motor home brands:
• Berkshire
• Charleston
Forest River
• Georgetown
• Lexington
• Sunseeker
• Tsunami
Travel trailer and fifth wheel brands:
• Cardinal
• Cedar Creek
• Cherokee
• Coachmen
• Columbus
• Day Dreamer
• Flagstaff
• Palomino
• r-pod
• Rainier
• Rockwood
• Salem
• Sandpiper
• Shamrock
• Sierra
• Surveyor
• V-Cross
• Vibe
• Wildcat
• Wildwood
• XLR Toy Haulers
Park model brands:
• Kabana
• Quailridge
• Summitt
Modular & HUD Homes:
• Sterling
• Hart Homes
Bus brands:
• Elkhart Coach
• Federal Coach
• Glaval Bus – a subsidiary
• Starcraft Bus
Commercial Vehicles:
• Rockport Commercial Vehicles
Boats:
• South Bay Pontoons
• Berkshire Pontoons
• Xcursion Pontoons
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