company history

Shann Australia has its origins in the 1950's with the late Frank O'Shannassy selling sewing threads from the family home. His staff consisted of his wife Barbara and their nine children. Through the years there were mergers with a zipper company and then an American corporation, with the O'Shannassy's retaining their shares in these ventures. Over this period the company kept expanding its product range and the trades to which it sold.

In 1987 the O'Shannassy family and some of the key executives purchased the company making it 100% Australian owned.

Shann have manufacturing plants in Australia and joint ventures in Vietnam. Involving over 200 people, the company has branches and agents both nationwide and New Zealand. The diversification that has taken place now sees the following industries being serviced - Canvas, Marine, Furniture, Bedding, Automotive, Blind, Curtain, Footwear and Clothing trades.

By keeping astride of all new developments both overseas and Australia, and with technical advice on product application, and ensuring customers of long term back up from one of the largest reputable organizations in the field, we at Shann take great pride in our achievements and are constantly improving our service to customers.

Shann is a company that our people are proud to belong to and our clients prefer to deal with. Our vision is to be recognised as Australia's leading supplier to our trades.