Skyline Champion Corporation
Skyline Corporation was originally incorporated in Indiana in 1959, as successor
to a business founded in 1951. Skyline Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries
designs, produces and markets manufactured housing, modular housing and park
models to independent dealers and manufactured housing communities located throughout
the United States and Canada. Manufactured housing is built to standards established
by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, modular homes are built
according to state, provincial or local building codes, and park models are
built according to specifications established by the American National Standards
Institute.
The Corporation’s homes are marketed under a number of trademarks, and
are available in a variety of dimensions. Manufactured housing models are built
according to standards established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development. Modular homes are built according to state, provincial or local
building codes. Each home typically includes two to four bedrooms, kitchen,
dining area, living room, one or two bathrooms, kitchen appliances, central
heating and cooling. Custom options may include but are not limited to: exterior
dormers and windows; interior or exterior accent columns; fireplaces and whirlpool
tubs. Materials used to construct a manufactured or a modular home are similar
to those used in site-built housing. The Corporation also sells homes that are
“Energy-Star” compliant.
Park models are marketed under the following trademarks: “Kensington”;
“Shore Park”; “Stone Harbor”; and “Vacation Villa”.
The Corporation’s park models are intended to provide temporary living
accommodations for individuals seeking leisure travel and outdoor recreation.
The principal markets for manufactured and modular housing are the suburban
and rural areas of the continental United States and Canada. The principal buyers
continue to be individuals over the age of fifty, but the market tends to broaden
when conventional housing becomes more difficult to purchase and finance.