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The Largest Industrialized Housing Factory in Latin America Inaugurated in Lautaro

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This is Canada House, which has opened a new plant in the Industrial Park. The facilities required an investment of $25 million. The Minister of Housing attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The largest industrialized housing factory in Latin America was officially inaugurated in the Lautaro Industrial Park. This is the new plant of the company Canada House, which formally began operations in new facilities located at the first entrance of the Lautaro Industrial Park, on the west side of kilometer 646 of Route 5 South.

Present at the ribbon-cutting of the modern facility was the Minister of Housing, Carlos Montes, who highlighted the historic investment made in Lautaro: $25 million. "This is a tremendous investment for a project that positions the company at the forefront of all industrialized housing companies in Chile and aims for Latin America. This demonstrates confidence, a commitment to the region's development, and a major milestone that we hope will help address the housing deficit not only in this region but throughout the southern zone," emphasized Housing Minister Carlos Montes.

ABOUT CANADA HOUSE

Canada House is a company founded 20 years ago under the wing of Empresas Martabid, with the goal of specializing in the industrialized manufacturing of housing. The company started with a plant in the Las Quilas sector of Temuco before relocating to leased warehouses near Pillanlelbún in 2015.

Finally, in 2023, construction began on the new plant in the Industrial Park, which was officially inaugurated yesterday. Throughout its history, Canada House has built 23,000 social housing units for 170 state projects, in addition to 20,000 homes for private real estate developments.

The new Canada House plant consists of a large 20,000-square-meter warehouse—200 meters long and 100 meters wide—where tasks such as wood selection and cutting, exterior and interior cladding, panel assembly, moisture barrier installation, thermal insulation, electrical conduit work, prefabrication of plumbing systems, and interior finishes are carried out. The process includes assembling, mounting, and joining the modules that make up the high-quality homes, down to the windows.

INVESTING IN THE REGION

The modern Canada House plant generates 160 permanent jobs and facilitates the creation of over 2,000 indirect jobs.

Among the special features of the structure is the incorporation of photovoltaic panels, which generate a significant portion of the electrical energy needed for operations.

Canada House will now have an annual production capacity of 5,500 homes, which could exceed 7,000 with shift adjustments.

The Chairman of Canada House's Board, José Miguel Martabid, emphasized the decision to invest in La Araucanía and revealed that the company aims to sell throughout Chile and Latin America, for which high-quality German machinery was acquired.

"We are very happy and proud to inaugurate this impressive plant, which is the third largest in the world and the largest in Latin America. We are a regional company and want to stay here. We believe in contributing to the region, and Lautaro has all the necessary conditions for a plant of this scale (...) Canada House will grow further, with other plants across Latin America," projected José Miguel Martabid.

Source: subscription edition ofAustral de Temuco