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The RECREATION VEHICLE Industry Association EXECUTIVE VIEW ON THE REBOUND T he Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) is the national trade association representing recreation vehicle (RV) manufac- turers and their component parts suppliers who, together, build more than 98 percent of all RVs produced in North America. An RV is a vehicle designed as temporary living quarters for recre- ational, camping, travel, or seasonal use, and includes motorhomes, towable travel trailers, folding camping trailers, and truck campers. RVIA’s roots extend back to 1963, when the American Institute of Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturers was incorporated in the state of Indiana as a not-for-profit corporation. In 1968, the organization officially adopt- ed the name the Recreational Vehicle Institute, Inc. (RVI) and moved its offices to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and, a few years later, to Des Plaines, Illinois. The last name change occurred in 1974, when the organization became known as the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association, Inc. (RVIA), combining elements of RVI and the Travel Coach Association