The Fleetwood RV Plant has closed in Lindsay, Ontario.

Sad news just released - 315 employees from Lindsay, Ontario, a cottage country community situated about an hour north of Toronto, will lose their jobs when the California-based Fleetwood Enterprises Inc closes their plant July 25th.


Since 1972, the Lindsay Plant has been manufacturing Fleetwood brands – Pioneer, Mallard, Terry, Lynx, Prowler and Dakota – at the only manufacturing plant in Canada, mainly to serve the Canadian market. Company vice-president, Lyle Larkin, relayed the Canadian market will now be served by the four U.S. plants.


During the course of Fleetwood’s financial reorganization of their production activity, the plant at Campbellsville Ky. will also close. Paul Eskritt, president of Fleetwood’s RV group stated to CanWest News Service "We had hoped that such a painful course of action could be averted, but we must regain consistent profitability in this very competitive market."


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Fleetwood relayed that closing its Lindsay plant - its only operation in Canada - and one in Campbellsville, Ky., will save costs and fully utilize production capacity at other locations.