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Caravan manufacturer collapses into administration

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  • Queensland caravan manufacturer Australian Off Road has collapsed into voluntary administration.
  • Customers and other creditors will wait to see whether the company can be rescued or whether it will be liquidated.
  • The company re-instated its Facebook page to post a statement on Tuesday afternoon confirming it had entered administration after 26 years.
  • The company has appointed Nick Keramos and Bill Karageozis from DVT Mcleods as administrators.
  • AOR's collapse comes after another Sunshine Coast caravan manufacturer, Zone RV, was liquidated earlier this year.

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The company re-instated its Facebook page to post a statement on Tuesday afternoon confirming it had entered administration after 26 years.

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Queensland caravan manufacturer Australian Off Road has collapsed into voluntary administration.

The company went dark last week.

Customers and other creditors will wait to see whether the company can be rescued or whether it will be liquidated.

The company, based on the Sunshine Coast, suddenly went offline last week when it disconnected phones, pulled its website and locked the factory's gates.

The unexplained closure caused days of speculation that left suppliers, customers and other stakeholders in the dark.

The company re-instated its Facebook page to post a statement on Tuesday afternoon confirming it had entered administration after 26 years.

Founder and co-director Steve Budden blamed competitors copying his designs and the increase in wages for the company's demise.

The company has appointed Nick Keramos and Bill Karageozis from DVT Mcleods as administrators.

Last month the company offered new customers a bonus package with more than $9,000 of extras to entice new purchases for delivery in early 2027.

The ABC has tried to contact the company's directors.

Mr Budden has before spoken about how he established AOR from humble beginnings in 2000.

Ron and Winsome Vernieux drove nearly 2,000 kilometres from regional Victoria to retrieve their caravan from AOR.

In another video posted to AOR's Youtube account in June last year, fellow AOR director Russell Evans described some of the challenges the company was facing.

Caravanning Queensland CEO Jason Plant said it was "never a good thing" to hear of company closures and he felt for the people involved.

AOR's collapse comes after another Sunshine Coast caravan manufacturer, Zone RV, was liquidated earlier this year.

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