169-Year-Old Glass Company Enters Administration Amid Battle With Cheap Imports

An Australian glass company employing more than 200 people posted a loss of more than a million dollars.

Window cleaners clean the glass windows of a commercial high-rise office building in London, England on Feb. 6, 2023. Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images

One of Australia’s oldest glass manufacturers, Oceania Glass, has entered voluntary administration with a major union blaming the situation on an influx of “cheap imported glass products.”

On Feb. 4, Lisa Gibb, Said Jahani, and Matt Byrnes of Grant Thornton Australia were appointed administrators for the Dandenong-based Oceania Glass Pty Ltd near Melbourne.