industry conglomerate founded 1902 founder ernest billy barlow headquarters sandton south africa key people clive thomson ceo ; don wilson cfo ; dumisa ntsebeza chairman services motor vehicle dealerships car rental industrial equipment logistics revenue r20 .2 billion fy 2010 operating income r528 million fy 2010 1 number of employees 19 745 2 website http www.barloworld.com barloworld limited is an industrial brand management company founded in south africa . once a large conglomerate with many unrelated businesses ranging at various times from mining information technology and building materials to motor vehicles it has repositioned itself as an industrial brand management company and unbundled many of its assets . its headquarters are at the sprawling barlow park campus in sandton johannesburg . it had been sponsor of the barloword cycling team . contents 1 history 2 subsidiaries 3 litigation 3.1 barloworld handling ltd v. unilift south wales ltd 4 references history edit barloworld was founded in durban by major ernest billy barlow in 1902 selling wool products and later engineering equipment . it was expanded by his son charles sydney punch barlow who expanded into the sale and service of caterpillar products . barlow entered the motor business and eventually expanded into the manufacture of cement paint stainless steel and household appliances as well as mining through the acquisition of rand mines limited with the new company called barlow rand . subsidiaries edit the group s subsidiaries include barloworld automotive barloworld handling barloworld logistics and barloworld equipment . barloworld unbundled its interests in pretoria portland cement and barloworld coatings best known for the plascon brand in 2007 . 3 in march 2005 barloworld bought avis southern africa acquiring full ownership of the company . litigation edit barloworld handling ltd v. unilift south wales ltd edit on 24 march 2009 barloworld handling ltd applied under s. 69 1 companies act 2006 for a change of name for the company called unilift south wales ltd. barloworld handling ltd argued that since they already acquired a company called unilift ltd unilift south wales ltd should change their name as unilift ltd had goodwill and reputation for the marketing hiring and servicing of fork lift trucks in swansea and cardiff . the problems came from the fact of unilift south wales ltd marketing similar products to those marketed by unilift ltd and as evidence of confusion unilift ltd had received invoices intended for unilift south wales ltd. barloworld handling ltd represented to the company names tribunal that unilift south wales ltd was passing off as unilift ltd and so they should be ordered to change their name so that there is nothing even similar to unilift in their name or trading name . the litigation was struck out because the adjudicator found that the respondent had already registered its name on 18 december 2007 and was operating and had not registered a similar name to the applicant s for the purpose of trying to extort money or to prevent them from registering the name themselves . the tribunal is there to hear complaints that respondents have been opportunistic but they do not decide on claims in the tort of passing off . 4 references edit barloworld interim results 31 march 2010 1 barloworld website . corporate history . archived from the original on 5 september 2008 . retrieved 2008 08 26 . barloworld handling ltd v. unilift south wales ltd retrieved 19 september 2014 this south african corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title barloworld limited & oldid 738902780 categories south african company stubscompanies of south africacompanies based in johannesburgbrand managementcompanies listed on the johannesburg stock exchangehidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 18 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view