Wednesday, January 30, 2008
WILL THOR STOP HERE?
Bob Ashley
RV Business
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Thor Industries Inc. has about halfway completed a move of its corporate support services to Elkhart, Ind., from Jackson Center, Ohio.
"We can better serve our companies by being in close proximity to where they are located," said Thor COO Richard E. "Dickey" Riegel.
The move was announced last June and about 15 people in Thor's legal, information technology and human resources departments have moved into the 10,000-square-foot building that Thor purchased in the Windsor Park commercial office complex near the Indiana Toll Road on Elkhart's north side.
Riegel said that eventually CFO Walter Bennett and Thor's accounting and auditing staff will be relocated as well to the new support facility, which will house about 30 people when the move is complete.
"The office is not Thor corporate," Riegel said. "It's called Thor Support Services." The office of Thor Chairman and CEO Wade F.B. Thompson, as well as Riegel's, will remain in New York City.
Riegel said that a completion date for the move has not been set. "It will be happening over many months," he said.
Thor subsidiaries in Elkhart County, Ind., where Riegel said about 75% of Thor's revenues originate, include Keystone RV Co. and Dutchmen Manufacturing Inc., both in Goshen; Damon Motor Coach and Four Winds International Corp., both in Elkhart; CrossRoads RV, in Topeka; and Breckenridge, in Nappanee.
RV Business
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Thor Industries Inc. has about halfway completed a move of its corporate support services to Elkhart, Ind., from Jackson Center, Ohio.
"We can better serve our companies by being in close proximity to where they are located," said Thor COO Richard E. "Dickey" Riegel.
The move was announced last June and about 15 people in Thor's legal, information technology and human resources departments have moved into the 10,000-square-foot building that Thor purchased in the Windsor Park commercial office complex near the Indiana Toll Road on Elkhart's north side.
Riegel said that eventually CFO Walter Bennett and Thor's accounting and auditing staff will be relocated as well to the new support facility, which will house about 30 people when the move is complete.
"The office is not Thor corporate," Riegel said. "It's called Thor Support Services." The office of Thor Chairman and CEO Wade F.B. Thompson, as well as Riegel's, will remain in New York City.
Riegel said that a completion date for the move has not been set. "It will be happening over many months," he said.
Thor subsidiaries in Elkhart County, Ind., where Riegel said about 75% of Thor's revenues originate, include Keystone RV Co. and Dutchmen Manufacturing Inc., both in Goshen; Damon Motor Coach and Four Winds International Corp., both in Elkhart; CrossRoads RV, in Topeka; and Breckenridge, in Nappanee.
