Editing Elkhart, Indiana (section)

===Industry===
Elkhart is best known for two industries: [[recreational vehicles]] and [[musical instrument]]s (for example, [[Stephanhöuser Saxophones]]). For decades, it has been referenced as the "RV Capital of the World" and the "Band Instrument Capital of the World".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amishcountry.org/rv.scene/ |title=RV Scene |publisher=amishcountry.org |access-date=2008-08-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515235539/http://www.amishcountry.org/rv.scene/ |archive-date=2008-05-15 }}</ref> Other notable industries in Elkhart include; pharmaceuticals, electronic components, [[manufactured housing]] and [[mobile homes]].  Numerous manufacturers of musical instruments and accessories, of which most of the surviving companies have been absorbed into the [[Conn-Selmer]] conglomerate, have a long history in the city. Elkhart is also home to the Robert Young Rail Yards, which are the second-largest freight [[classification yard]]s in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elkhart.org/page.cfm?id=6 |title=About Elkhart |publisher=The Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce |access-date=2008-08-31 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080515180643/http://www.elkhart.org/page.cfm?id=6 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-05-15}}</ref>

In 1884, Franklin Miles launched the [[Miles Laboratories|Miles Medical Co.]] in Elkhart, which in later decades produced products such as [[Alka-Seltzer]] and [[Flintstones Chewable Vitamins|Flintstones Vitamins]]. The Miles Medical Co. was purchased by the [[Germany|German]] company [[Bayer]] in 1978, and was consolidated into the larger Pittsburgh-based Bayer, Inc. in 1994.<ref>{{Cite news |last=King |first=Marshall V. |title=Loss of Miles/Bayer left a hole in Elkhart's heart many years ago |url=https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/2019/02/24/loss-of-milesbayer-left-a-hole-in-elkharts-heart-many-years-ago/45936413/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |newspaper=South Bend Tribune}}</ref> In 1999, Bayer Consumer Care moved out of Elkhart. By 2006, Bayer had pulled all manufacturing out of Elkhart.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Bayer plant closing in Elkhart - Indiana Economic Digest| access-date = 2018-10-14| url = https://indianaeconomicdigest.com/main.asp?SectionID=31&subsectionID=62&articleID=22741}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title = Siemens acquires Bayer division| work = schurz-southbendtribune| access-date = 2018-10-14| url = http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2006-07-08/news/27000308_1_bayer-employees-consumer-care-division-siemens-ag| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181015042203/http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2006-07-08/news/27000308_1_bayer-employees-consumer-care-division-siemens-ag| archive-date = 2018-10-15| url-status = dead}}</ref> Most of the facilities were torn down while just a few buildings remained, mostly unused.

Manufacturers in Elkhart include [[Forest River (company)|Forest River Inc]], Hy-Line, [[Keystone RV|Keystone]], and [[Thor Industries|Thor Motor Coach]].{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

NIBCO INC. (Northern Indiana Brass Company), has called Elkhart home for over 100 years and is now a fifth-generation family business. NIBCO Inc. manufactures and markets flow control products.

[[Elkhart Brass Manufacturing]] manufactures fire-fighting equipment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elkhartbrass.com/pages/company-mission |title=Elkhart Brass: Mission & History |publisher=elkhartbrass.com |work=Our Company |access-date=2008-08-31 |archive-date=June 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601231444/http://www.elkhartbrass.com/pages/company-mission |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The unemployment rate reached 18.8% in April 2009<ref>{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2009/04/29/news/economy/metropolitan_area_unemployment/index.htm?section=money_latest |title=Unemployment: 109 cities at 10% or higher |publisher=cnn.com |work=Government survey shows jobless rate grows in all 372 metro areas, with 15% joblessness in 18 of them |access-date=2009-05-13 | date=2009-04-29 | first=Julianne | last=Pepitone}}</ref> and due to Elkhart's economic troubles, the city and some of its unemployed residents were featured on the February 8, 2009, edition of [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/02/hoosier-daddy-p.html |title=Hoosier Daddy: President Obama to Indiana on Monday |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |work=Political Punch |author=Tapper, Jake |date=2009-02-08 |access-date=2009-04-29 |author-link=Jake Tapper}}</ref> The unemployment rate rebounded over the next decade and has remained below the national average since 2013.<ref>{{cite web| title=Elkhart County unemployment rate now Indiana's lowest| date = March 31, 2017 | publisher = [[WNDU-TV]] |url=https://www.wndu.com/content/news/Elkhart-County-unemployment-rate-now-Indianas-lowest-417829173.html| access-date = 2019-03-09}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web| title=Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana Unemployment| publisher = Department of Numbers |url=https://www.deptofnumbers.com/unemployment/indiana/elkhart/| access-date = 2019-03-09}}</ref>