Brambles Limited is an Australian company that specialises in the pooling of unit-load equipment, pallets, crates and containers.

This same year the company changed its name to Brambles Industries Limited and moved its head office from Newcastle to Sydney.

[1][2] In 1970, Brambles entered the waste disposal market with the purchase of the Australian subsidiary of Purle Brothers Holdings.

Brambles main interest in the business, was a 50% shareholding in Tidewater Port Jackson Marine, which operated six platform supply vessels.

[7] In 1975, Brambles formed an 80:20 joint venture with UK company Guest Keen & Nettlefold (GKN) to bring CHEP to the United Kingdom.

[9] In 1988, Brambles became the largest private rail wagon operator in Europe acquiring Groupe CAIB of Brussels and Procor's United Kingdom business.