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Richard LaVanture Receives 2021 Outstanding Associate Member Award
By Meghan Ryan, NATM Assistant Director
The National Association of Trailer Manufacturers (NATM) named Richard LaVanture, president of LaVanture Products Company, Inc., as the recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Associate Member Award. NATM presented the award during the 2021 Membership Meeting held virtually on Feb. 18, 2021.
The Outstanding Associate Member award is presented to an individual from an Associate (supplier or service provider) member company who has made outstanding contributions to NATM.
LaVanture Products joined NATM in 2005 and has been an ardent supporter and active supplier member of NATM over the years. LaVanture has chosen to advertise in virtually all of NATM’s publications over the course of the last decade, including Tracks magazine, the NATM website, the printed Membership Directory & Buyer’s Guide, and the Convention Program. LaVanture is an annual supporter and sponsor of the NATM Convention & Trade Show. As a not-for-profit Association, NATM strives to keep membership dues and Convention registration fees low while increasing membership benefits and programming. Sponsorships help grow the attendance of the show, allow for top-notch educational sessions, and spectacular networking receptions. It is thanks to advertisers and sponsors such as LaVanture Products that NATM can host high quality events and produce quality publications.
LaVanture participates on NATM’s Finance Committee where he lends his business acumen to assist the Association in achieving its goals. He participated in NATM’s first virtual Regulatory Roundup & Capitol Hill Visit event in 2020 as a constituent of Elkhart, Ind. The company has sponsored webinars and actively assisted the industry in securing PPE such as sanitization and masks during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
LaVanture Products is a wholesale distributor of a wide range of product lines to the RV and Marine OEMS along with various other industries. They have over 5,000 products in stock and service customers in 10 countries and all 50 states. For more information about Richard Lavanture or his company Lavanture Products Company, Inc., visit www.LaVanture.com.
Richard LaVanture, NATM award winner.
