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16-565: Barloworld may refer to: Barloworld Limited Barloworld (cycling team) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Barloworld . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barloworld&oldid=297689218 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
32-569: Is a provider to the commercial segment serving business travelers at major airports internationally, and to leisure travelers at off-airport locations. Many of the off-airport locations are franchised operations rather than company-owned and operated, as is the case with most airport locations. In January 2013, the company agreed to acquire Zipcar for $ 491 million. The company was founded in 1946 with three cars at Willow Run Airport , Ypsilanti, Michigan , by Warren Avis (August 4, 1915 – April 24, 2007). It established branch operations across
48-572: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Barloworld Limited Barloworld Limited is an industrial brand management company, founded in South Africa . Once a large conglomerate with many unrelated businesses, ranging at various times from mining , information technology and building materials to motor vehicles, it has repositioned itself as an industrial brand management company and unbundled many of its assets. Its headquarters
64-602: The JSE . Barlow entered the motor business, and eventually expanded into the manufacture of cement , paint , stainless steel and household appliances , as well as mining , through the acquisition of Rand Mines Limited in 1971, with the new company called Barlow Rand. In November 2016, Barloworld and German company BayWa entered into a joint venture (JV) to expand their agriculture and materials handling operations in Southern Africa. In 2018, Barloworld Equipment had been
80-580: The Avis brand in North America, South America, Europe, India, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. In 2011, Avis acquired Avis Europe plc , which had been a separate corporation licensing the Avis brand. Since the late 1970s, Avis has featured mainly General Motors (GM) vehicles such as Chevrolet , but today also rents other popular brands such as Ford and Toyota . Avis was the first car rental business to be located at an airport, and today
96-664: The Caterpillar dealer Equipment Mongolia. It continued to exit its motor retail business, selling the unit to NMI Durban South Motors. In 2021, it announced plans that by 2022, it would have sold its logistics business as well as its leasing business and car rental business. It joined the World Coal Association in May 2022. Barloworld Ltd. in August 2022 released a number of bonds that were related to goals related to
112-529: The Plascon brand) in 2007. In March 2005, Barloworld bought Avis Southern Africa acquiring full ownership of the company. On 24 March 2009, Barloworld Handling Ltd applied under s.69(1) Companies Act 2006 for a change of name for the company called Unilift South Wales Ltd. Barloworld Handling Ltd argued that since they already acquired a company called Unilift Ltd, Unilift South Wales Ltd should change their name as Unilift Ltd had goodwill and reputation for
128-646: The Russian market in 1998, through its subsidiary Vostochnaya Technica. Barloworld is the official Caterpillar dealer for parts of Russia. In May 2022, Barloworld cancelled significant orders in Russia due to sanctions. The group's subsidiaries include Ingrain, Barloworld Automotive, Barloworld Handling, Barloworld Logistics and Barloworld Equipment. Barloworld unbundled its interests in Pretoria Portland Cement and Barloworld Coatings (best known for
144-545: The United States over the next few years, becoming the second largest car rental company in the country by 1953. By its tenth anniversary in 1956 it had opened its first international offices in Europe , Canada and Mexico . The Avis corporate motto of "We Try Harder" was adopted in 1962, during CEO Robert Townsend 's tenure, who transformed the company. The campaign aimed to put a positive spin on Avis' status as
160-532: The marketing, hiring and servicing of fork lift trucks in Swansea and Cardiff . The problems came from the fact of Unilift South Wales Ltd marketing similar products to those marketed by Unilift Ltd and as evidence of confusion, Unilift Ltd had received invoices intended for Unilift South Wales Ltd. Barloworld Handling Ltd represented to the Company Names Tribunal that Unilift South Wales Ltd
176-494: The name themselves. The Tribunal is there to hear complaints that respondents have been opportunistic but they do not decide on claims in the tort of passing off. Avis Car Rental Avis Car Rental, LLC is an American car rental company headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey . Along with Budget Rent a Car , Budget Truck Rental and Zipcar , Avis is a unit of Avis Budget Group . Avis Budget Group operates
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#1732797260490192-719: The number of women in company leadership. In September 2022, Barloworld UK continued to operate the Barloworld UK Pension Scheme. In November 2022, Barloworld was sued over accusations of racism and unlawful termination. In December 2022, Barloworld's car rental unit, Zeda, was listed separately on the JSE with a valuation of $ 260 million. The unit included the Avis and Budget rental brands. Barloworld said it would continue to focus on renting industrial equipment to mining and consumer-goods companies. Barloworld entered
208-629: The official Caterpillar dealer in southern Africa for 90 years. In June 2018, Barloworld sold its Iberian equipment business to Tesa S.p.A. for $ 180 million. Tongaat Hulett , a South African sugar producer, in February 2020 decided to sell its starch business to Barloworld for $ 351.10 million including debt. Barloworld's CEO Dominic Sewela announced that Barloworld would be exiting logistics in June 2020. The company purchased its starch business Ingrain from Tongaat Hulett in 2020, and that year also purchased
224-479: The second largest car rental company in the United States, at the expense of its larger competitor, Hertz . The slogan was used for 50 years before a re-branding in 2012, when Avis unveiled a new slogan—"It's Your Space." In 1972, Avis introduced Wizard, the first computer-based information and reservations system to be used in the United States car rental business; to this day, almost all frequent Avis customers are identified by their unique "Wizard number". In 1981,
240-514: Was passing off as Unilift Ltd and so they should be ordered to change their name so that there is nothing even similar to Unilift in their name or trading name . The litigation was struck out because the Adjudicator found that the respondent had already registered its name on 18 December 2007 and was operating and had not registered a similar name to the applicant's for the purpose of trying to extort money or to prevent them from registering
256-652: Was at the sprawling Barlow Park campus in Sandton , Johannesburg . It had been sponsor of the Barloworld cycling team . Barloworld was founded in Durban by Major Ernest (Billy) Barlow in 1902 as Thomas Barlow and Sons, selling wool products, and later engineering equipment. It was expanded by his son Charles Sydney (Punch) Barlow who expanded into the sale and service of Caterpillar products in 1927. In 1940, after moving its headquarters to Johannesburg, it listed on
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