Etelä-Pohjanmaa on Luoman MobileHome
Luoman Puutuote just introduced a new log hit – log cabin on wheels. Marketing manager Pekka Saarinen proudly tells that company is the only mobile log cabin industrial manufacturer in Europe and in the world.
Cabin has plenty of space and can be fitted with most modern amenities like fire place, sauna and so on. Price of this cabin hovers between 20 and 40 thousand euro, depending on the package. MobileHome weights around 7 000 kilos, therefore requiring some sort of support under it. Deliveries can be made in about month after the mass production has started.
They have already delivered dozen mobile cabins to England and have set a production goal of 300 mobile cabins for year 2006. They also offer a model that is half the size of the standard MobileHome. Cabin doesn’t necessarily need building permits, because it is movable. You can park it to a mobile park for a year and then move on to another location.
Luoman is trying to find log construction experts to bolster company’s resources, especially in the field of design and architecture. Log construction is demanding, especially when log is used together with other materials and requires special know-how.
In the future, company is going straight ahead and is trying to reach for market leadership. Manager Pekka Luoma states that they fared well in tough competition and made a turnover of 45,2 million euros on year 2005. This result had 17% growth from previous year so company is going strong. 85% of the production is exported. Some key figures include:
Employees: 135
Turnover: 45,2 million euros
Profit margin: 9,3%
Assets: 20,7 million euros
