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Pre-fab home firm Viceroy Homes sending temporary shelters to Japan
PORT HOPE, Ont. - Viceroy Homes Ltd. says it's set to ship 200 pre-engineered temporary shelters to victims displaced by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
The Ontario-based firm hopes to win orders from Japanese partner Selco Homes for up to 2,000 of the 30,000 very basic units requested by the Japanese government.
The initial order is expected to be shipped in two weeks, Viceroy president Daniel Fox said Friday.
The company, which employs about 500 workers in Richmond, B.C., and Port Hope, Ont., has recalled about 150 of its workers who are laid off during the seasonally slow winter season.
Japan has been a very important market for Viceroy for more than 15 years. It has sold nearly 12,000 Canadian-built homes to Japan over the past decade.
Fox says the company wanted to do everything possible to help its Japanese customers and friends "who have endured an unbelievably difficult situation."
The temporary 30 square-metre shelters would normally sell for less than $10,000 but Viceroy wouldn't disclose the actual selling price, saying only that it's very low margin.
The company also hopes to eventually win contracts through Selco to sell full pre-fab homes during the reconstruction phase.
Fox says Selco hopes to win government contracts for about 10 per cent of the 100,000 single family homes that will be required over the next three to five years in the devastated Northern region.
Founded in 1956, Viceroy Homes Ltd. exports homes to more than 35 countries.
http://www.660news.com/business/art...roy-homes-sending-temporary-shelters-to-japan
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PORT HOPE, Ont. - Viceroy Homes Ltd. says it's set to ship 200 pre-engineered temporary shelters to victims displaced by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
The Ontario-based firm hopes to win orders from Japanese partner Selco Homes for up to 2,000 of the 30,000 very basic units requested by the Japanese government.
The initial order is expected to be shipped in two weeks, Viceroy president Daniel Fox said Friday.
The company, which employs about 500 workers in Richmond, B.C., and Port Hope, Ont., has recalled about 150 of its workers who are laid off during the seasonally slow winter season.
Japan has been a very important market for Viceroy for more than 15 years. It has sold nearly 12,000 Canadian-built homes to Japan over the past decade.
Fox says the company wanted to do everything possible to help its Japanese customers and friends "who have endured an unbelievably difficult situation."
The temporary 30 square-metre shelters would normally sell for less than $10,000 but Viceroy wouldn't disclose the actual selling price, saying only that it's very low margin.
The company also hopes to eventually win contracts through Selco to sell full pre-fab homes during the reconstruction phase.
Fox says Selco hopes to win government contracts for about 10 per cent of the 100,000 single family homes that will be required over the next three to five years in the devastated Northern region.
Founded in 1956, Viceroy Homes Ltd. exports homes to more than 35 countries.
http://www.660news.com/business/art...roy-homes-sending-temporary-shelters-to-japan
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