Chinese-run auto glass factory opens in Midwest… now its longstanding American rivals are being driven out of business 

A Chinese-run factory in Ohio that has been accused of benefiting from undocumented workers is undercutting its US competition.

In Moraine, a city in the Dayton metropolitan area nestled between Columbus and Cincinnati, Fuyao Glass America moved into a closed General Motors factory in 2016 with the help of taxpayer money.

Fuyao is a Chinese glassmaking giant that supplies various car companies. Its Ohio plant was meant to help re-energize the US’s withering domestic automotive industry.

But its rivals have said that they cannot compete with the Chinese company’s use of unfair business and labor practices.

In 2024, federal authorities raided the Fuyao Glass America plant in Moraine along with a dozen affiliated businesses, accusing them of employing undocumented workers.

The company’s prices, estimated to be about 10 percent lower than those of its competitors, threaten an American glassmaking factory that has been operating since the 1950s.

Vitro, the firm that owns the factory in Crestline, Ohio, has been considering closing the facility for the past year, putting 250 American jobs at risk.

The company announced plans to close the plant at the end of 2026, but last month, employees were told that it would continue operating.

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