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frontpagesml.jpg IMPERIAL is a diversified industrial services and retail group with activities spanning logistics; car rental; tourism; financial services; vehicle distribution and retail. IMPERIAL operates in South Africa, Africa, Europe and Australia.

IMPERIAL is listed on the Johannesburg stock exchange, the group is run on a decentralized management structure that actively encourages entrepreneurship, innovation and encourages industry specific best practice.

IMPERIAL employs over 40,000 people, who are responsible for the growth and continued success of the group that began as a motor dealer in downtown Johannesburg in 1948.

Key Facts

  • Over 47 000 employees
  • Leading third-party lofistics provider in southern Africa
    • Operates from more than 968 locations in 14 countries
    • Owns and has access to more than 7500 trucks
    • Provides product handling and storage in facilities exceeding 750 000m²
  • Access to 740 vessels in Europe with the region's biggest fleet of subcontracted inland water vessels
  • Transport over 95 million tonnes per annum and having approximately 20 000 000m² of storage capacity in Europe
  • Over 250 new and used vehicle dealerships Europe
  • Supply virtually every major vehicle brand in South Africa
  • Sold 173 362 new and used vehicles
  • Southern Africa's leading aftermarket parts supplier
  • Responsible for one in three car rental transactions in South Africa
  • Geographical footprint across Africa, Europe, USA and Australia
  • LiquidCapital has over 600 000 active contracts under management
  • Listed on the JSE since 1987, IMPERIAL Holdings had a market capitalisation of approximately R41 billion on 21 August 2012


  

IMPERIAL in the News

Imperial buys stake in Nigerian logistics company MDS
13 May 2013
LOGISTICS group Imperial has acquired 49% of MDS, a logistics company in Nigeria, for $26m in cash. Imperial said on Monday the transaction was an entry point into the logistics sector to service Nigeria’s fast-moving consumable goods, telecommunications and pharmaceutical industries.
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Imperial acquires 49% of Nigerian logistics provider
13 May 2013
The JSE-listed Imperial Group had acquired 49% of Nigerian logistics provider MDS in a $26-million deal, the group announced on Monday. The transaction provided the Imperial group entry into the logistics sector of the rapidly expanding Nigerian fast-moving consumer goods, telecommunications and pharmaceutical industries, the company noted.
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Imperial strengthens footprint in Africa
13 May 2013
One of Africa's largest companies has bought a stake in a leading Nigerian logistics provider in a bid to increase its representation in the country Imperial Holdings Limited has acquired 49 percent of MDS, a leading logistics provider in Nigeria, for a cash consideration of US$26 million.
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