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Anchor Hocking

Lancaster Ohio glassmaker, one of the last two American glass tableware plants. The subject of Brian Alexander's Glass House.

Status: Watchlist
Founded
1905
Website
anchorhocking.com
HQ
USA
Manufacturing
USA
Ownership type
PE-owned
Parent
Anchor Hocking Holdings (Centre Lane Partners)
Acquired
2018
Status since
2026-07-13

Ownership

Four financial owners since 1987: Newell (hostile takeover), Cerberus (2006 bankruptcy), Monomoy (dividend recap, sale-leaseback, 2015 EveryWare bankruptcy), now Centre Lane, which sold the entire Lancaster factory in a 2023 sale-leaseback and closed the Charleroi Pyrex plant.

Why Watchlist

Glass is still US-made and honest value. Ownership conduct is the risk: three different owners have now monetized the same plant, and the FTC is investigating the bakeware combination.

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