Lippert announced the grand opening of what it calls Plant 156 in Mansfield, Texas. The company said this is the first facility Lippert has opened in more than 20 years that is solely dedicated to supplying chassis to the manufactured housing (MH) industry.
Lippert’s roots in the MH industry date back to its founding in 1956 when patriarch Larry Lippert started fabricating metal roofs in Alma, Michigan, for the local MH industry. A year later, he expanded into the MH chassis business, supplying those same customers, and the rest, they say, is history. The new facility does not come without strategic partnerships, so Lippert has committed to supplying the two local facilities of Champion Homes in Mansfield and Burleson, Texas.
Plant 156 features 78,000 square feet of manufacturing space with another 3,300 square feet of office space. The facility will employ approximately 25 team members, who will staff two production lines to start, with additional capacity for a third line if needed. Total capacity will be approximately 30 chassis per day upon startup.
“Lippert has been dedicated to supplying the MH industry in both good and bad economic times, and the opening of Plant 156 in the great state of Texas is the next chapter in our 65-year history,” said Greg Moeller, vice president of sales for Lippert’s building products segment. “A lot can be said of the negatives that came out of the pandemic, but one positive is that many Americans realized that they wanted their own living space and decided to either buy or build a home. The resulting housing shortage has brought a renaissance of sorts to the MH industry, and Lippert is proud to continue a 65-year tradition of supplying the industry where the company got its start.”
