According to knoxnews, Clayton Supply, a division of Clayton Homes, has acquired one of its suppliers, a vinyl window manufacturer in Crossville, Tenn. Purchased from Elixir Industries and renamed Clayton Windows, the facility has the production capability for 450 windows a day, but Clayton intends to ramp up output to 1,000 a day by adding another assembly line and 20 new jobs by year’s end. Founded in 2010, Clayton Supply provides building materials to 35 manufacturing facilities. It also refurbishes manufactured homes in Alabama for Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance and 21st Mortgage, two companies that back MH loans. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. As MHProNews knows, Clayton Homes of Maryville, Tenn. is the largest producer of manufactured homes in North America, and a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.
