Champion Homes, Inc., is a mobile and

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manufacturing company. It is one of the largest modular homebuilders in North America. The company also provides factory-built housing to the

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and

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Products

Champion Homes is primarily a manufacturer of mobile and modular homes, but they have also built

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s, RVs, campers, and commercial buses. Furthermore, Champion Homes has built modular homes for

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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 2025 Champion Homes had sold over 3,000,000 of factory-built homes, modular and park model homes.

History

Champion Homes was founded in 1953 as a single manufacturing facility in the small town of Dryden in rural

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by Walter W. Clark and Henry E. George. * In 2005, Champion was the first manufacturer to build privatized modular housing for the

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. * In 2010, Champion filed for bankruptcy and was acquired by an investor group led by

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, MAK Capital Fund LP and

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and company lenders led by

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. The company later recovered. Stronger Champion Home Builders Back on Track
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Today

Champion Homes is still headquartered in Michigan, but in

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rather than Dryden, and has over 40 manufacturing facilities located across the United States and Europe. Worldwide, Champion Homes employs over 8,000 people. In June 2018 Champion Enterprises Holdings LLC combined with Skyline Corporation to form the Skyline Champion Corporation. From August 2024, Skyline Champion Corporation changed their corporate name to Champion Homes, Inc.

References

External links

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