MIDDLEBURY — Officials with Starcraft RV, a division of Jayco Inc., today announced they will reopen the Topeka manufacturing facilities beginning in May.
The Starcraft RV plant had been closed in January 2009 as part of the Jayco corporate efforts to trim costs and reduce production capacity as a result of recessionary economic pressures.
The company said it will initially move production of Starcraft Autumn Ridge travel
trailers from its Middlebury complex and the move will create 50 jobs at the
Topeka facility later this year. Over time, company officials said, they anticipate that production of most, if not all, of Starcraft RV product lines will be relocated back to the Topeka plants.
In making the announcement, Jim Jacobs, general manager of Starcraft RV, said,
“When we consolidated operations into the Middlebury campus last year, we stated that our goal was to reinstate the Topeka operations as soon as market conditions would allow us to do so. Now that our business has begun to recover from the recent
recession cycle, we believe the timing is right to accelerate these activities.”
The Starcraft facilities in Topeka are located at 536 W. Michigan St.
