Champion Home Builders Plans to Invest $13.2 Million in North Carolina Production Facility
Champion Home Builders, a subsidiary of Skyline Champion Corporation plans to create 385 jobs at a facility in North Carolina.
Champion Home Builders, Inc. has selected Robeson County as the location of a manufactured home production facility. The facility is located at 349 E. Railroad St. in Pembroke, at the site once occupied by a Fleetwood Homes manufacturing facility.
“Champion Homes considered several possible locations for this investment prior to making our choice in Robeson County,” said Wade Lyall, executive vice president of Sales and Business Development.
In Pembroke, we found a site that met our facility needs, had access to strong workforce assets, and was capable of serving a growing regional housing market. We are appreciative of North Carolina’s leaders who were willing to work closely with Champion to address our objectives for this expansion,” he said.
Champion Home Builders Inc., is a subsidiary of Skyline Champion Corporation, one of the largest homebuilders in North America. The company plans to invest up to $13.2 million at the location.
“We are excited about this opportunity in Robeson County and look forward to expanding our offerings to the community,” Lyall added.
Skyline Champion Corporation, the parent company of Champion Home Builders, Inc., is the largest independent, publicly-traded, factory-built housing company in North America and employs approximately 8,100 people. With almost 70 years of homebuilding experience and 40 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and western Canada, Skyline Champion is well positioned with a leading portfolio of manufactured and modular homes, ADU’s, park-models, and modular buildings for the single-family and multi-family sectors.
Local leaders react
“The town of Pembroke is very excited to have Champion moving to the previous Fleetwood Industrial site,” said Pembroke Mayor Gregory Cummings. “Our community lost close to 600 jobs and a tremendous tax base when Fleetwood closed. This will be a great plus for the future of Pembroke and Robeson County.”
“On behalf of Robeson County Board of Supervisors. It gives me great p[leasure to welcome Champion Homes as an industrial partner to Robeson County. This investment will provide a brighter future for citizens of Robeson County. Thie investment will provide a brighter future for citizens of Robeson County in both tax base and jobs,” said Wixie Stephens, chair of the Robeson County Board of Commissioners.
Robeson County Commissioner Faline Dial said the economic impact of the estimated 385 new jobs, which would come with annual pay averaging $42,922, will be significant for the county.
“It further illustrates our ability to provide a qualified workforce,” Dial said. “Partnering with growing companies such as Champion will further strengthen our county’s workforce and the overall quality of life of our citizens.”
