| Type | Public Stock Symbol: See Brambles Limited |
|---|---|
| Industry | Equipment Pooling |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Headquarters | Orlando, Florida (Global headquarters) |
| Products | Pallets, Returnable Plastic Containers, IBCs, Automotive Containers, Chemical Catalyst Containers |
| Employees | 7,700+[1] |
| Website | www.chep.com |
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. These products can generally be recognised by their blue colour and CHEP logo.
CHEP evolved from the Allied Materials Handling Standing Committee (AMHSC), an organisation 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 of Australia 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 privatise the industry and mandated the sale of the Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool organisation.[2]
Brambles Limited, a company created in 1875 by Walter Edwin Bramble and well experienced in the materials handling industry, purchased CHEP on 24 April 1958. Brambles is a company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.
CHEP has operations in 45 countries, employs approximately 7,501 people and has a pool of approximately 300 million pallets and containers.