About Us

Glendale Packaging has strong, proud roots as a fourth-generation, family-owned business. Read about our history, see what we do today, and, most importantly, see how we can help your business. (It’s our passion for getting you exactly what you’re after that sets us apart.)

What we do

Glendale Packaging manufactures distilled water, cloudy ammonia, and a range of awesome cleaning products (we love them because their effectiveness saves busy people time — and anything that does that is awesome).

We are also experts in repackaging to suit customer requirements. We can repack sizes from one litre through to 1,000-litre IBCs — and everything in between. Call us on (02) 9756 2315 or e-mail us to see how we can repack product for your business.

Our compact, state-of-the-art manufacturing and storage facilities are unique in being able to handle a vast array of products. Being close to Sydney’s geographic centre and near two major arterial roads is a bonus.

Why us?

We’ve grown by building on our successes, year by year. And we’ve done that by being able to source an expanding array of good quality products.

In the office, we have a saying: “There’s no product we can’t source.”

And we mean it. In fact, we pride ourselves on it. Special orders are just that: our specialty.

Here are just three examples:

• A customer wanted a carpet-cleaning product with particular ingredients, which we sourced. The product had to be rubbed in with a broom. We don’t normally stock brooms, but could we get him the brooms as well? Absolutely! Clean carpets; happy customer.

• A company specifically wanted toilet paper in a different ply to those commonly sold. We got them paper with that ply. Relieved customer.

• A club wanted us to source sanitary bins because we were supplying all their other cleaning products. Sanitary bins aren’t in our product range, but our “we can do that” response and delivery made them yet another happy customer.

… there are many, many more examples like these of how we’ve been able to help our customers with special orders, as well as with more regular orders. It means they get top quality products speedily, without having to deal with numerous suppliers. It’s quick, simple and effective.

Our history

 In 1927, Algernon Stoneham set up The Australian Distilled Water Supply Pty Ltd in bustling Regent Street, in one of Sydney’s busy industrial areas. Business was brisk, as the uses for distilled water were many — in vehicle batteries, steam irons, humidifiers, vaporisers, autoclaves, sterilisers and a host of other industrial equipment.

As the business grew, it moved a couple of times, until eventually ending up in its current home at 1/75 Newton Road,  in western Sydney’s Wetherill Park, right near a major arterial junction. A name change in 1962 to Glendale Chemical Products also reflected its growing product range.

Fast forward to 2005, and brother and sister Trent Stoneham and Brooke Duggan bought their father and uncle out of the family business that had originally been set up by their Great Grandfather, Algernon.

From the time he was a tiny five-year-old, Trent wanted to join the business, and spent all his school holidays learning the ropes. He finally joined in 1989 — as soon as he could leave school. Brooke deliberately worked outside the family company to begin with, giving herself a strong business grounding.

Buying the business was an exciting move, as the pair had grown up living and breathing it, and going in to work in the school holidays. Their plans were to build on its strengths and expand its capacity — and that’s exactly what they’ve done.

Brooke and Trent also changed the name to Glendale Packaging in 2005, to reflect that the business deals with the full gamut of cleaning, industrial and pool products as well as solvents, And of course, distilled water. The name reflects that repackaging is a strong part of operations and honours the company’s history.

Brooke and Trent are very proud of their company’s history and achievements. They’re also driven to continuing its success well into the future.

 What some of our customers say!