Champion Homes
Encyclopedia
Champion Homes, or Champion Home Builders, is a mobile
and modular home
manufacturing company. It is the largest modular homebuilder in North America. The company also provides factory-built housing to the United Kingdom and western Canada. Champion homes has been a publicly held company for over 40 years, with shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange
from 1995 to 2010 .
s, RVs
, campers
, and commercial buses. Furthermore, Champion Homes has built modular homes for government
applications. Champion Homes has acquired many brand names, including Caledonian Building Systems, Carolina Building Solutions, Commander, Dutch, Fortune, Highland Manufacturing, Homes of Merit, Moduline, New Era, New Image, North American, Redman, Silvercrest, SRI, Summit Crest and Titan. As of 2007 Champion Home Builders built over 1,000 homes a month, up from about 10 a month during their first year.
in rural Michigan
by Walter W. Clark and Henry E. George.
rather than Dryden, and has 32 manufacturing facilities located across the United States and Europe. Worldwide, Champion Homes employs over 5,000 people. To date, Champion Homes has built over 1.7 million factory-built houses for North American homebuyers.
which had been apart for years, not months as was alleged as of the selling (September 2003), resulting in severe water-damaged; having a high amount of mold
and mildew
. Fashion Fain Homes is the dealer that sold the defective house, and the house was being used as model on the Fashion Fain site. The result of the lawsuit was $45,000.00 for the plaintiff
.
Mobile home
Mobile homes or static caravans are prefabricated homes built in factories, rather than on site, and then taken to the place where they will be occupied...
and modular home
Modular home
Modular buildings and modular homes are sectional prefabricated buildings or houses that consist of multiple modules or sections which are built in a remote facility and then delivered to their intended site of use...
manufacturing company. It is the largest modular homebuilder in North America. The company also provides factory-built housing to the United Kingdom and western Canada. Champion homes has been a publicly held company for over 40 years, with shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at 13.39 trillion as of Dec 2010...
from 1995 to 2010 .
Products
Champion Homes is primarily a manufacturer of mobile and modular homes, but they have also built travel trailerTravel trailer
A travel trailer or caravan is towed behind a road vehicle to provide a place to sleep which is more comfortable and protected than a tent . It provides the means for people to have their own home on a journey or a vacation, without relying on a motel or hotel, and enables them to stay in places...
s, RVs
Recreational vehicle
Recreational vehicle or RV is, in North America, the usual term for a Motor vehicle or trailer equipped with living space and amenities found in a home.-Features:...
, campers
Campervan
A campervan , sometimes referred to simply as a camper, or a caravanette, is a self-propelled vehicle that provides both transport and sleeping accommodation. The term mainly describes vans that have been fitted out, often with a coachbuilt body for use as accommodation...
, and commercial buses. Furthermore, Champion Homes has built modular homes for government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
applications. Champion Homes has acquired many brand names, including Caledonian Building Systems, Carolina Building Solutions, Commander, Dutch, Fortune, Highland Manufacturing, Homes of Merit, Moduline, New Era, New Image, North American, Redman, Silvercrest, SRI, Summit Crest and Titan. As of 2007 Champion Home Builders built over 1,000 homes a month, up from about 10 a month during their first year.
History
Champion Homes was founded in 1953 as a single manufacturing facility in the small town of DrydenDryden, Michigan
Dryden is a village in Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 815 at the 2000 census. The village is located within Dryden Township.-Education:...
in rural Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
by Walter W. Clark and Henry E. George.
- In 2005, Champion was the first manufacturer to build privatized modular housing for the military.
Today
Champion Homes is still headquartered in Michigan, but in Auburn HillsAuburn Hills, Michigan
Auburn Hills is a city in Metro Detroit, Oakland County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 21,412 at the 2010 census. The city was formed in 1983 when Pontiac Township became the City of Auburn Hills.-Economy:...
rather than Dryden, and has 32 manufacturing facilities located across the United States and Europe. Worldwide, Champion Homes employs over 5,000 people. To date, Champion Homes has built over 1.7 million factory-built houses for North American homebuyers.
Lawsuit
In 2005 there was a lawsuit (Christensen v. Fashion-Fain Homes) filed against Champion Homes for breaching a warranty on a double-wide mobile homeMobile home
Mobile homes or static caravans are prefabricated homes built in factories, rather than on site, and then taken to the place where they will be occupied...
which had been apart for years, not months as was alleged as of the selling (September 2003), resulting in severe water-damaged; having a high amount of mold
Mold
Molds are fungi that grow in the form of multicellular filaments called hyphae. Molds are not considered to be microbes but microscopic fungi that grow as single cells called yeasts...
and mildew
Mildew
Mildew refers to certain kinds of molds or fungi.In Old English, it meant honeydew , and later came to mean mildew in the modern sense of mold or fungus....
. Fashion Fain Homes is the dealer that sold the defective house, and the house was being used as model on the Fashion Fain site. The result of the lawsuit was $45,000.00 for the plaintiff
Plaintiff
A plaintiff , also known as a claimant or complainant, is the term used in some jurisdictions for the party who initiates a lawsuit before a court...
.