Victorian caravan manufacturer Essential Caravans has entered voluntary administration, with about 80 jobs lost in a restructure before administrators were called in.
The Melbourne-based business appointed administrators on October 21, joining a string of Australian caravan manufacturers to have collapsed within recent years.
It followed a restructure that saw the company close its factory in Somerton, in Melbourne’s outer north, and consolidate operations with its sister company, Design RV, in Pakenham.
Jamie Johnson, the director of both companies, said economic conditions could not sustain two Melbourne-based factories.
Essential Caravans director Jamie Johnson said it was a sad day for the company. (ABC News: Kyle Harley)
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