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Samara’s factory in Mexico will bring the design and production of the units in-house.
Airbnb-backed Samara, which sells tiny homes called “Backyard,” is boosting its production facilities in Mexico.
The company acquired a factory in Mexicali, Mexico last month to bring the manufacturing in-house. Samara hopes this will give it greater control over quality standards, reduce delivery times, and speed up product development. Once workers complete both interior and exterior finishing touches of the home at the factory, each unit is loaded onto a truck and delivered directly to the customer's property.
Last week, Samara installed one of these backyard units – or accessory dwelling units – in Sacramento, the first unit to be designed and manufactured entirely by Samara. The company was previously using another manufacturer.
In 2016, Airbnb set up Samara as its research and