Mighty Buildings opens new factory in Monterrey, Mexico
Company takes next step in strategy to scale rapid development and construction of 3D-printed, climate-resilient, carbon-neutral homes leveraged by patented composite materials.
Monterrey, Mexico facility. Photo Credit, all images: Mighty Buildings
Mighty Buildings Inc. (Oakland, Calif., U.S.) is opening its newest factory in Monterrey, Mexico. Powered by innovative 3D printing technology that leverages the company’s patented composite materials, the new Monterrey facility is capable of producing its components for an entire home during each day of operation, and is focused on scaling the development of Mighty Buildings’ homes in the Southern California region, beginning with Desert Hot Springs.
“With the opening of our factory in Monterrey, Mexico, Mighty Buildings has taken a major step forward in the accelerated growth and adoption of sustainable, net-zero energy homes,” Scott Gebicke, CEO, Mighty Buildings, says. “This also demonstrates our ability to drive the future of home construction by setting up scalable manufacturing operations close to where they are needed, enabling Mighty Buildings to rapidly serve areas in urgent need of climate-resilient housing, and to meet the needs of our developer partners.”
Using innovative material science, robotics and automation, Mighty Buildings says it can create climate-resilient, carbon-neutral housing that is comfortable, beautiful and can resist severe weather including hurricanes and earthquakes. This is made possible by Mighty Buildings’ proprietary, concrete-free composite stone material that reported to be as much as five times stronger than concrete, yet up to 30% lighter in weight, and costs as much as 15% less per square foot.
The new Monterrey factory is focused on the creation of 3D-printed components for the company’s Mighty Kit System, which enables the rapid construction of prefab housing, with the ability to print panels for one to two homes per day. This off-site manufacturing process cuts on-site building time by as much as 50%, the company notes, for completion of a home’s envelope in less than one week with near zero waste. From initial groundbreaking to full completion, a Mighty Buildings home can be ready for residents in as little as two to three months — two to three times improvement over the industry average of seven to eight months, per the U.S. Census Bureau.
In addition to helping solve housing shortages, the decreased time to market could be a boon to developers seeking to increase their Internal Rate of Return (IRR).
Readers can learn more about Mighty Buildings’ 3D-printed prefab homes here and the Mighty Kit System here.
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