Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

[Airabel]

Just curious, does anyone know what affect the steel and aluminum teriffs might have on Airstream?
We already own a Sport but you never know.

[paiceman]

Question asked on one of the AS tours I took last week and we were told tariffs would have no impact on Airstream. All of the aluminum is sourced from Alcoa, either US or Canada

[Piggy Bank]

Although the panels may not be affected, many of the parts will be.
I work in a manufacturing-based industry and we are being told to expect price increases from suppliers.

I am sure that the sinks, water heaters, refrigerators, wire, electronics, and other parts going into an Airstream may be increasing.

Right now we are hearing figures between 5-8 range to a 15+% range from various customers and suppliers.

[graysailor]

Alcoa has three smelters in Canada so those imports will have a tariff on them. Prices will rise of course. Tarrifs of any kind do not help any countries economy.

[mojo]

The tariffs are a short term business ploy to get rid of trade taxes. This will all go away shortly. The sky ism't falling.

[TG Twinkie]

I will happily pay more if it means more men and women in this country can get a good paying job.

[Countryboy59]

Originally Posted by Piggy Bank

Although the panels may not be affected, many of the parts will be.
I work in a manufacturing-based industry and we are being told to expect price increases from suppliers.

I am sure that the sinks, water heaters, refrigerators, wire, electronics, and other parts going into an Airstream may be increasing.

Right now we are hearing figures between 5-8 range to a 15+% range from various customers and suppliers.

Sales of manufacturing machinery in the US are exploding. It’s about time some of this work came back.

[Dingo Girl]

The company I work for goes thru literally tons of aluminum sheet & extrusion weekly. We have eliminated at least one product line because of the tariffs.
We have trucks in 2 - 3 x a week from Toronto.
The tariffs will impact us greatly.

[uncle_bob]

Hi

One of the basic tricks of business these days is to "lock in" prices for a fairly long period of time ( like a year). That lets Airstream price a trailer back in May and be able to sell it for a year at that price. Who knows how that will all work with this and that ...

Bob