Commitment to Quality

Designed to be the Leader.

What does it take to be a real leader in the recreation vehicle (RV) industry? To produce the highest quality, best designed, best tested, best built and safest motor homes and towable products available? To produce products whose very name is the most recognizable in the industry?

It takes many different things and at Winnebago Industries we have been doing what it takes to produce quality RVs since 1958. We plan to continue doing what it takes to make Winnebago Industries motor homes and towable products the best overall values in the marketplace for many years to come.

After several years of producing travel trailers, the first motor home rolled off the assembly line at Winnebago Industries in Forest City, Iowa, in 1966. It was a 19-foot model that had everything a family needed for cross-country adventure.

From the very beginning, Winnebago, Itasca, and Era motor homes have been built with innovations unique within the motor home industry.

That first motor home was built with the Thermo-Panel® system which provides strong, lightweight and well insulated backwalls and sidewalls. It’s a Winnebago Industries exclusive.

From the beginning Winnebago Industries also has manufactured many of the motor home components that others buy from outside suppliers. Most cabinets, furniture, holding tanks, plastic and aluminum components in Winnebago and Itasca motor homes are made right on site.

We design and manufacture components to meet our own rigorous specifications. This means higher quality at a lower price and better parts availability down the road.

Since the beginning, Winnebago, Itasca, and Era motor homes have been built on the most technologically advanced, automotive-style assembly lines anywhere in the motor home industry. This means higher quality at lower production costs per unit, which results in more real value for you . . . the motor home buyer.

And from the beginning Winnebago, Itasca, and Era motor homes have been built in the heartland of America at our plant in Forest City, Iowa, by some of the hardest working and most dedicated employees anywhere.   And now Winnebago Industries has expanded its product offerings to include SunnyBrook and Winnebago towable products built in Middlebury, Indiana, in the heart of RV country with the same dynamic of hard working, dedicated employees who believe that quality is the top priority.

Many employees have been working at Winnebago Industries for more than 30 years. The average is approximately 17 years! Some of our workers are following in the footsteps of parents and grandparents.

Speaking of our factory in Forest City, it’s the largest and most technologically advanced motor home manufacturing facility in the world! It’s a 200-acre site with approximately 60 acres under roof - that’s nearly 2 million square feet!

Because we build so many motor homes at one location, we can afford to install and use the latest in computerized manufacturing equipment. Again, this means higher quality without a higher price.

Higher quality also is the result of ongoing testing. A state-of-the-art, 40,000-square-foot testing facility was completed in 1989. The computerized road simulator (nicknamed "The Shaker") and the half-mile test track can simulate the effects of years of normal driving in just a few days. Components are checked under hot, cold, wet and dry conditions and every Winnebago Industries motor home goes through a high-pressure water tunnel and is checked for leaks before shipping.

From the beginning, Winnebago Industries has been the motor home leader in technological and design advances - and we continue to lead today.

Examples include three-point seat belts for the driver and co-pilot on all models, Thermo-Panel® sidewalls, appliance tie-downs, and an all-metal welded subfloor framework on all units with no wood compartments or floor supports.

Other advances include: interiors created by a professional design staff, a huge 12-stage automotive-style dip tank which electrocoats steel front passenger cages and chassis components with rust resistant paint.

Others follow and copy, but by the time they reach our plateau we’ve climbed to an even higher level. For instance, no other manufacturer of mid-range motor homes can match our single-piece fiberglass roofs with a 10-year parts and labor warranty!

By offering motor home consumers the best possible products in a wide variety of models, Winnebago Industries continues to lead the motor home industry.