Ritz-Craft Homes was founded in 1954 with their first manufacturing plant in Argos, Indiana. As a manufacturer of production line built mobile homes, they laid a foundation for the development of expanded product lines and additional manufacturing facilities during a growth period that extended into the early 1970's. Then there was a merger between Ritz-Craft and the Wickes Corporation (i.e. known today to most as Wickes Lumber). This merger provided the market and financial backing required for product line expansion that gave birth to Ritz-Craft modular and mobile homes.
In 1976, the original Ritz-Craft managers, purchased the company from Wickes and consolidated company operations to a centralized headquarters and manufacturing plant in Mifflinburg, PA. they lead Ritz-Craft through a solid growth period of 20 years that began with one manufacturing plant, 50 employees and $5 million annual sales revenue to Ritz-Craft of the early 1990's that consisted of three manufacturing plants, 450 employees and $50 million annual sales revenue.
In 1991, Ritz-Craft's current top-level ownership and management team was established. Their success has seen the company through the establishment of corporate model centers in three states, the renovation of two manufacturing facilities, and investment in a 65,000 square foot kitchen cabinet manufacturing facility and the construction of two new state-of-the-art modular home manufacturing plants. In 2000 a 175,000 square foot modular home manufacturing plant was built and in 2005 Ritz-Craft built a new 200,000 square foot modular home manufacturing plant. These efforts have created the Ritz-Craft that exists today; 1000 employees, six manufacturing facilities and over $115 million in annual sales revenue.
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Manufacturer of Modular Homes The factory built housing idea is not new. Sears Roebuck offered a prefabricated modern home in their spring 1908 general catalog, which was shipped by train. Sears sold around 100000 of these homes from 1908 to 1939. The use of production line techniques really kicked into high gear after World War II and made a sizable contribution to reducing the housing shortage at that time.
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