CHEP

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The Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool (CHEP) is the global leader in pallet and container pooling services, serving customers in a wide range of industrial and retail supply chains.

CHEP
Type	Public Stock Symbol: See Brambles
Founded	1958
Headquarters	Orlando, Florida (Global headquarters)
Industry	Equipment Pooling
Products	Pallets, Returnable Plastic Containers, IBCs, Automotive Containers, Chemical Catalyst Containers revenue = $12 billion AUD
Employees	7,700+
Slogan	Handling The World’s Most Important Products…Everyday
Website	www.chep.com

[edit] History

CHEP evolved from the Allied Materials Handling Standing Committee (AMHSC), an organization developed by the Australian government to provide efficient handling of defense supplies during World War II. When the war ended in 1945, the Americans returned home, leaving behind a great wealth of materials handling equipment at their military bases in Australia. With this additional, sophisticated asset base and already established infrastructure, the Commonwealth government continued to endorse the organization after the war to support the national economy. In 1949, a new government under the Liberal Party of Australia decided to privatize the industry and mandated the sale of the Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool organization.

Brambles, a company created in 1875 by Walter Edwin Bramble and well experienced in the materials handling industry, purchased CHEP on 24 April 1958.

The company’s pallet and container pooling system eliminates more than six million tons of wood packaging from landfills by recycling wood and nails so that no scrap materials from its pallets are sent to landfills. Components that cannot be repaired or reused are recycled for fuel, mulch and animal bedding.

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