CHEP

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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
Employees	7,700+^[1]
Website	www.chep.com

The Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool (CHEP) is an international company dealing in pallet and container pooling services, serving customers in a range of industrial and retail supply chains. CHEP is owned by Brambles Limited.

CHEP offers wooden and plastic pallets, small display pallets, crates and IBC containers. All of these products can be recognised by their blue colour and CHEP logo.

[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 asset base and established infrastructure, the Commonwealth government ofAustralia 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.^[2]

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

CHEP has offices in 44 countries, employs over 7.700 people and has a pool of over 285 million pallets and containers.