Elkhart's Coachmen Industries to furlough North Carolina workers

Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly

Elkhart-based Coachmen Industries said today it plans to close its plant in Rutherfordton, N.C., until the regional housing market strengthens.

About 90 workers will be affected by the temporary shutdown.

The plant, operating under the brand name All American Homes of North Carolina, will continue current operations until all production orders are completed and shipped. Future orders will be fulfilled from the company's Rocky Mount, Va., facility.

If additional orders are obtained to continue production at acceptable levels before the current orders are completed, operations may extend longer. All American Homes is not leaving the Middle Atlantic market and expects no interruption in its service levels to its builder clients, a statement from the company read.

Coachmen has modular housing plants in Decatur as well as in Middlebury. It announced late last year that it would sell its RV division to Forest River.