Founded in 1996 by Pete Liegl to help more people experience the joy of the outdoors, Forest River, Inc. has evolved into the largest manufacturer of recreational vehicles, cargo trailers, pontoon boats, buses, vans, and commercial vehicles in North America. Its recreational portfolio includes market share leaders in towable and motorized RVs, cargo trailers, and pontoon boats. It is the country’s leading supplier of commercial vehicles, and the country’s leading manufacturer of buses and vans for both the private and public sectors. Headquartered in Elkhart, Indiana, Forest River employs 14,000+ employees in 100+ facilities in more than a half dozen states. With a commitment to excellence and a focus on customer satisfaction, Forest River is proud to be a Berkshire Hathaway company.
For us at Thule Group, everything is about making it easy to live an active life. Our motto, "Active Life, Simplified." captures the ambition of how we develop products so that those who buy them can live an active life a little easier, how we as employees want to live our own lives and what feel we want our customers to have when they do business with us.
We are global market leaders in a number of product categories, including roof racks, roof boxes and bike racks that you use on the car, camera bags as well as multisport- and bicycle trailers. We are also growing rapidly in product categories like sports and suitcases and jogging strollers. We are a global company. Thule Group's products are found in all corners of the world - in distant beaches of Australia, on Boston's streets, on bicycle routes high in the Andes and in the Alps ski resorts.
We are an international group of passionate employees who focus on developing safe, easy-to-use and stylish solutions for active families and outdoor enthusiasts. We help them bring what they care most about when they are living an active life.
We offer products for small items that you always carry with you, such as smartphone shells, as well as for heavier things you transport longer distances using the car, such as bike carrier. In short, we offer solutions to take care of everything you care about and need when living an active life.
Our products are sold in 140 markets. We are just over 2 200 people working for Thule Group at nine production facilities and more than 35 sales outlets worldwide. Net sales amounted to SEK 5.9 billion in 2017.
Thule Group's head office is located in Malmö, south Sweden.
Trail King Industries, Inc., headquartered in Mitchell, SD, is the leading manufacturer of a complete line of trailers. With trailers ranging in load capacities from 12,000 pounds to 1,000,000 pounds, Trail King has trailers to serve a wide variety of applications for markets as diverse as construction, agriculture, transportation, waste and recycling, and specialized hauling. Over the years, Trail King has built a reputation for quality, reliability and performance that is unsurpassed. For more information visit: www.trailking.com.