All American Group (formerly Coachmen Industries) was an American company whose divisions produced pre-fabricated housing. Based in

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, it was founded in 1964 as Coachmen Industries. It was listed on the

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under the symbol COA until 2009, when it was delisted for failing to maintain continued NYSE listing standards.

History

Coachmen Industries was founded by three brothers: Tom Corson, Keith Corson and Claude Corson. The brothers started the company in a plant in downtown

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producing 12

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models, 1 truck camper style and 80 truck caps. Since 1964, Coachmen Companies have produced nearly 600,000

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s of all sizes and types. In December 2008, the company sold all of the assets of its RV Group to Forest River, Inc., a unit of

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. Another division, All American Specialty Vehicles, a joint venture with ARBOC Mobility, manufactured ADA-accessible buses. All American merged into Arboc in 2011. The company continued to operate in the modular housing business under the ALL AMERICAN HOMES and MOD-U-KRAF brand names. All American was acquired by Innovative Building Systems in 2011. Innovative filed for bankruptcy in 2016 and closed American Homes and Mod-U-Kraf.

References

External links

All American Homes websiteMod-U-Kraf website
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1964 Companies based in Elkhart County, Indiana Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Indiana 1964 establishments in Indiana 2008 mergers and acquisitions 2011 mergers and acquisitions Manufacturing companies disestablished in 2016 2016 disestablishments in Indiana {{Manufacturing-company-stub