
John Keilman
Manufacturing Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
I cover manufacturing for the Wall Street Journal
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2 days ago |
magzter.com | Ryan Felton |John Keilman
Try GOLD - Free The Wall Street Journal | June 26, 2025 Forest River averages 50 recalls a year, many from manufacturing errors Clockwise from left, Forest River RVs; Wade Mullins points out spots where the ceiling fell down in his RV; a billboard in Elkhart advertises Forest River's priority for customer satisfaction. This story is from the June 26, 2025 edition of The Wall Street Journal.
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2 days ago |
wsj.com | Ryan Felton |John Keilman
Jay Nelson was driving away from a picturesque Montana state park in 2020 when he saw smoke in his rearview mirror. It was coming from the Forest River recreational vehicle he was towing. Nelson, a longtime Montana highway patrolman, got his three daughters to safety, then he and his wife grabbed a fire extinguisher. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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3 days ago |
wsj.com | Ryan Felton |John Keilman
He later blamed the incident on a wiring defect. The trailer suffered hundreds of dollars in smoke damage. Nelson said it could have been much worse. “That could have easily cost the life of my children, my wife, or me,” he said. RVs are the ticket to an itinerant, back-to-nature lifestyle for millions of Americans. Behind those footloose dreams, however, are vehicle-quality problems that have been blamed for injuries and deaths.
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3 weeks ago |
wsj.com | John Keilman
Apparel brands want overseas fabric and garment makers to share tariff pain; some suppliers say they can’t afford itForget squabbling over a restaurant check or cab fare—try wrangling over who will cover tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of imports. Apparel companies and their overseas suppliers for weeks have been going back and forth over whether and how to share the cost of President Trump’s tariffs. In many cases, they still haven’t agreed. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | John Keilman
Preliminary vote shows shareholders backed Chairman Jochen Zeitz and two other board members, despite activist’s attempt to remove themThe motorcycle maker’s shareholders on Wednesday rejected a proposal from activist investor H Partners to remove three long-serving members of the board of directors, including Jochen Zeitz, the company’s chairman and chief executive. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8Subscribe NowAlready a subscriber?
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