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Excel Homes

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Custom Modular Home Manufacturer in United States

Excel Homes Group, LLC, in Camp Hill, PA, was a manufacturer of custom modular homes in the United States. According to the company, Excel Homes built more than 28,000 modular homes in its climate-controlled plants in Liverpool, Pennsylvania and Avis, Pennsylvania, since its founding in 1984. Excel Homes designed and manufactured custom modular homes for more than 400 home builders in a footprint that spanned from Maine to South Carolina and as far west as Ohio.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Excel Homes Group, LLC, in Camp Hill, PA, was a manufacturer of custom modular homes in the United States. According to the company, Excel Homes built more than 28,000 modular homes in its climate-controlled plants in Liverpool, Pennsylvania and Avis, Pennsylvania, since its founding in 1984. Excel Homes designed and manufactured custom modular homes for more than 400 home builders in a footprint that spanned from Maine to South Carolina and as far west as Ohio. On May 16, 2016, Excel Homes filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which meant the company would be liquidated, leaving 280 people unemployed in Liverpool alone.2

The story

1984 – The company that was known as Excel Homes begins manufacturing modular homes at the Liverpool, PA, manufacturing facility.

1997 – Ed Langley and Perry Bolton purchase the Liverpool facility and create Excel Homes, Inc., on October 23.

2004 – Excel Homes is recapitalized with major investment from Huron Capital Partners.

2007 – A newly installed corporate leadership team introduces an aggressive five-year strategic plan designed to increase market share for Excel Homes despite the housing industry’s current downturn.

2008 – Manufacturing facilities are added in Marlboro, New York and Oxford, Maine.

2010 - Ownership passes to H.I.G. Capital, walking away from previous owner's debts.

2014 - Steve Scheinkman and Jeffrey Samson buy a majority stake from H.I.G., becoming majority shareholders in Innovative Building Systems, Excel's parent company. H.I.G. becomes minority shareholder.

2015 - Excel web site begins mailing updates again after a hiatus of a few years.

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2016 - Excel Homes filed for Chapter 7 liquidation.

From Wikipedia’s article on Excel Homes, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

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