Article: Airstream president likes resurgent market ; Dealers are ordering more trailers, which means more work for Ohio manufacturer.

Bob Wheeler, president of Airstream Inc., likes the numbers.

Airstream, a division of Thor Industries, is seeing growing retail and consumer demand and has increased production by 30 percent during the past six weeks. Like its parent Thor, Airstream is based in Jackson Center, northeast of Sidney in Shelby County.

Dealers are ordering more Airstream trailers and products, based on their belief that customers are flocking back to the market, Wheeler said.

"We call it maybe 'dealers' confidence,' but to us, dealers are customers," he said.

The rebound in wholesale orders from dealers began in July and continued through August, the executive said in a recent interview. Production was up 30 ...

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