asx bxb industry commercial & professional services founded 1875 headquarters sydney australia key people stephen johns chairman tom gorman ceo products pallets reusable produce crates rpcs containers revenue us 5.405 billion 2014 net income us 585.0 million 2014 number of employees circa 14 000 2014 parent brambles limited website www.brambles.com brambles limited is the ultimate holding company of the brambles group brambles and is listed on the australian securities exchange . brambles is a supply chain logistics group specializing in the pooling of unit load equipment and associated services . the company focuses on the outsourced management of pallets crates and containers . 1 as at 30 june 2015 brambles employed more than 14 000 people and owned approximately 500 million pallets crates and containers through a network of about 850 service centres . 2 contents 1 history 2 operations acquisitions 3 management 4 references 5 external links history edit brambles traces its history to 1875 when walter bramble established a butchery business in newcastle the operations of which he gradually expanded into transport and logistics . brambles first listed in australia in 1954 as w e bramble & sons limited and entered the pallet pooling business in 1958 through the purchase of the commonwealth handling equipment pool chep from the australian government . this same year the company changed its name to brambles industries limited and moved its head office from newcastle to sydney . in the years that followed brambles entered a number of new sectors including the waste management sector in 1970 through its cleanaway business and the record management sector in 1979 through its recall business . 3 in 1975 brambles formed a joint venture with uk company guest keen & nettlefold gkn to establish the chep business in the uk . in the subsequent years the chep business expanded throughout continental europe us and asia and a second joint venture this time for the cleanaway business was formed between the two companies . in 2001 the support services activities of gkn which included interest in chep and cleanaway were merged into a separate company brambles industries plc listed on the london stock exchange which then entered became a dual listed company with brambles industries limited . 3 in 2006 brambles streamlined its operations to focus on its pallet pooling business chep and its record management business recall . to this end the company s australian waste management business cleanaway australia and its brambles industrial services business were sold to kohlberg kravis roberts for about a 1.2 billion . 4 then the company sold cleanaway uk to veolia of france in a 651 million deal . 4 subsequently following these divestments brambles unified its australian and british listed entities into a single entity brambles limited listed on the australian securities exchange . 5 in 2013 brambles became focused on the provision of equipment pooling solutions following the demerger of the recall information management business which became owned by recall holdings limited a separate company listed on the australian securities exchange and independent of the brambles group . 6 operations acquisitions edit brambles has three operating segments and operations in more than 50 countries worldwide pallets this operating segment comprises brambles pallet pooling and associated services businesses predominantly under the chep brand and serving customers in multiple supply chains across three key regions americas ; europe middle east & africa ; and asia pacific . 2 rpcs this operating segment comprises brambles reusable produce crate rpc pooling services business serving customers in the fresh produce sector . in north america south america and europe this segment operates under the ifco brand while in australia new zealand and south africa it operates under the chep brand . 2 containers this operating segment comprises four distinct businesses chep pallecon solutions chep aerospace solutions chep automotive solutions and chep catalyst & chemicals containers . 2 in 2008 brambles acquired leanlogistics a global solutions provider of software as a service saas transportation management technology and supply chain services . 7 since 2009 brambles has made a number of acquisitions the largest of which have been ifco a provider of pooled reusable produce crates rpc to the food supply chain worldwide and of pallet services in the usa for an enterprise value of 923 million us 1 255 million . the acquisition was completed in april 2011 . 8 pallecon a provider of intermediate bulk containers in europe and the asia pacific for 135 million us 177 million . the acquisition was completed in january 2013 . 9 management edit the majority of the board is australian based as is the board chairman graham kraehe . tom gorman became ceo effective from november 1 2009 . 10 the current board of directors are 11 christine cross non exec . director doug duncan non exec . director tony froggatt non exec . director david gosnell non exec . director tom gorman chief executive officer tahira hassan non exec . director stephen johns chairman carolyn kay non exec . director brian long non exec . director wayne scott chief supervisor the executive leadership team is 12 tom gorman chief executive officer jean holley chief information officer peter mackie group president pallets wolfgang orgeldinger group president rpcs jason rabbino group president containers nick smith group senior vice president human resources zlatko todorcevski chief financial officer references edit http www.brambles.com about brambles a b c d about brambles http www.brambles.com about brambles a b history http www.brambles.com about brambles history a b cleanaway is final brambles sell off daily telegraph 1 july 2006 . brambles ditches london listing the telegraph 30 november 2005 recall demerger announcement http www.asx.com.au asxpdf 20131218 pdf 42lpjdrf8lg1fp.pdf brindley chaille 1 may 2012 . chep and ifco systems integration brambles unveils growth and business strategy plans at investors conference . pallet enterprise . retrieved 16 october 2014 . ifco acquisition announcement http www.asx.com.au asxpdf 20101115 pdf 31tw4qh3klx9xx.pdf pallecon acquisition announcement http www.asx.com.au asxpdf 20121217 pdf 42bzczb2v89pqc.pdf durie john . brambles confirms tom gorman to replace mike ihlein as new ceo the australian 6 october 2009 1 april 11 2014 2 april 4 2014 external links edit official site yahoo profile v t e s & p asx 50 companies of australia s & p asx 200 agl energy amcor amp apa asciano aurizon anz asx bhp billiton brambles caltex australia coca cola amatil commonwealth bank computershare crown csl dexus goodman gpt incitec pivot iag james hardie lend lease macquarie medibank mirvac national australia bank newcrest mining oil search orica origin energy qbe insurance ramsay health care rio tinto santos scentre seek sonic healthcare south32 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