The man behind a brand-new £45m robotised offsite housing factory in Essex with capacity to supply 4,000 homes a year has insisted there is “no comparison” between his business and recent modular manufacturing failures.

Bob Weston, chairman and managing director of Weston Homes, which this week launched its British Offsite business from a 137,000ft² factory in Braintree, said that failed volumetric modular manufacturers such as Ilke and L&G Modular should not be compared to factories such as his producing homes using panellised systems.

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