German Researchers Study European Housing Trend at Clayton Homes Factory
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (PRWEB) November 05, 2014 -- Clayton Homes recently served as host to a pair of German researchers who are studying manufactured housing as it relates to the prefabricated housing trend that is continuing to grow in popularity in Europe.
Christopher Hellmann and Maximilian Offizier, who are production researchers at Technische Universitat Munchen (Technical University of Munich), toured the Clayton Appalachia Home Building Facility in Andersonville, Tenn., to study the company’s best practices in building manufactured homes. Manufactured housing is a rising trend among European homebuyers, however, the infrastructure to build homes on a large scale is not yet commonly utilized.
“We are currently doing a research study about the prefabrication of houses in the U.S. and other countries at the Technical University in Munich,” Offizier said. “It was a pleasure to be able to visit what can be viewed as a benchmark company in the worldwide housing industry.”
As America’s largest homebuilder*, Clayton Homes is at the forefront of manufactured housing technology. From maintaining an efficient construction process to incorporating consumer design trends into their building methods, the company is one of the most advanced homebuilders in the nation.
As part of their research, Offizier and Hellmann looked at every aspect of the Clayton Homes process, from construction to shipment. The researchers studied the production methods, the energy-efficient features Clayton implements into their homes, the economies of scale achieved from bulk purchasing materials (e.g. carpet, insulation, etc.) and the consumer education for marketing purposes.
"We were honored that they chose to tour our facility,” said Kevin Clayton, CEO of Clayton Homes. “We were pleased to share with them the quality and detail that is built into a Clayton home from start to finish, and hope that this information will help shape the growing manufactured housing industry overseas.”
About Clayton Homes
Clayton Homes has built homes since 1956, winning multiple awards for design and construction. Through its affiliates and family of brands, Clayton Homes builds, sells, finances, leases, and insures manufactured and modular homes, as well commercial and educational buildings. As the nation’s largest home builder*, Clayton Homes is a vertically integrated Berkshire Hathaway company whose purpose is opening doors to a better life, one home at a time.
*America’s Largest Homebuilder in 2013 as of June 12, 2014, based on a comparison of the number of manufactured homes sold to the number of site-built homes sold as reported by builderonline.com and the number of manufactured homes shipped as compared to all other manufactured home manufacturers as reported by the Manufactured Home Institute.
Cheryl Ball, Fletcher, http://www.fletchermarketingpr.com, +1 (865) 249-8371, [email protected]
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