RV Industry Bands Together to Preserve Choice
Tue Aug 24, 2010
Source: Thetford
RV Industry Bands Together to Preserve Choice
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed bill (AB 1824), which would have prohibited the sale and use of the most effective and widely employed holding tank deodorants utilized in waste facilities and toilets on boats and recreational vehicles. The decision was reached after considerable input from those who would have been most impacted throughout the industry.
"Thetford is very grateful for all the distributors, RV dealers, RVIA and other concerned industry organizations that rallied together and helped to provide education and understanding regarding this bill. Without them, this veto, which preserves consumer choice in RV deodorants, may not have been achieved," said Kevin Phillips, Thetford's VP of sales and marketing.
Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Thetford Corp. is the world's leading supplier of sanitation and refrigeration products for the recreational vehicle, marine and heavy-duty truck industries. Thetford is a privately-held company with eight manufacturing facilities in four nations.
Thetford subsidiaries include Norcold, America's leading manufacturer of gas-absorption refrigerators and freezers for the RV, marine and truck markets; Tecma, a producer of fine-china toilets and powerful waste-transfer systems based in Italy; and Spinflo, a unit in England that manufactures high-quality cooking and heating appliances as well as accessories.
