History
CHEP evolved from the Allied Materials Handling Standing Committee (AMHSC), an organisation developed by the Australian government to provide efficient handling of defence 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 Australian 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 privatise the industry and mandated the sale of the Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool organisation.
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 7,500 people and has a pool of approximately 300 million pallets and containers.
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