Deltec Homes
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Home production |
| Founded | 1955  |
| Founder | Clyde Kinser |
| Headquarters | , |
| Website | Official website |
Deltec Homes is an American home construction company located in Asheville, North Carolina.[1][2] The company builds round-shaped houses[3] and appeared in an episode of the reality TV show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in 2008.[4][5]
Deltec Homes was founded by Clyde Kinser in 1955 as Kinser Home Insulation of Asheville.[6] Kinser sold insulation door to door, listening to his customers' needs, and then sending a crew out the next day to install the insulation. He soon realized his customers wanted to conserve energy in many ways, so he broadened the company’s energy efficient products to aluminum doors and windows, and later vinyl products, and changed the name of the company to Kinco Corporation.
Kinser and his sons purchased designs from another Asheville company called Rondesics who made a round structure, then made substantial improvements to create the compression ring and tension collar roof system.[7] This company, called Delta Technologies, served one customer initially but as the popularity of these resort homes increased, other resort companies purchased Deltec homes and the commercial building applications grew.
In the mid-1980s the business shifted from commercial applications to residential homes and became Deltec Homes. As of 2014, more than 85% of the company's homes are primary family residences. Deltec Homes operated as a subsidiary of Kinco until Kinco was sold in 1994. At that time Deltec was spun out as a separate company.
Deltec Homes is a privately held company. Robert Kinser was chairman of the board, but died on December 13, 2017. In 2014, the company built its 5000th home.[8]
