| 1948 |
IMPERIAL started out as a Chrysler dealership in downtown Johannesburg |
| 1973 |
Cancelled Chrysler agency and became Toyota dealers and added trucks to offering |
| 1975 |
Started IMPERIAL Truck Hire |
| 1979 |
Launched IMPERIAL Car Rental and started a transportation business |
| 1987 |
IMPERIAL Car Rental merged with Hertz |
| 1989 |
Regent short term insurance was started and logistics diversified into warehousing |
| 1991 |
Acquired Springbok Atlas and first Mercedes Benz dealerships |
| 1992 |
Acquired Tanker Services |
| 1993 |
Acquired Long Rail Group |
| 1994 |
Added vehicle distribution to offering
Acquired Highway Carriers |
| 1995 |
Added Saficon to signifcantly expand the motor retail division |
| 1996 |
IMPERIAL Bank was created and life assurance added to Regent |
| 1998 |
Acquired European logistics arm from Thyssen Krupp and Safair
Acquired Truck Africa Group
Acquired Goldfields Trucking |
| 1999 |
Acquired National Airways Corporation
Acquired controlling interest in Brian Porter Holdings Ltd to expand motor retail divsion
Acquired Fast 'n Fresh Transport (Pty) Ltd
Acquired Cargo Africa (Pty) Ltd |
| 2000 |
Developed supply chain services logistics and acquired a controlling interest in diversified tourism company, Tourvest |
| 2001 |
Launched IMPERIAL Parts and disposed of 50.1% of IMPERIAL Bank to Nedbank
Acquired Haniel Reederie Holding GmbH, largest operator of barges on Europe's inland waterways |
| 2005 |
Acquired Jurgens Caravans |
| 2008 |
Merged Regent Insurance and Regent Life and unbundled the Leasing and Capital Equipment division as Eqstra
Discontinued Safair and International Trucks distribution |
| 2009 |
Disposed of Tourvest and acquired Midas minority interest of Imperial Bank |
| 2010 |
Disposed of the remaining 49.9% of IMPERIAL Bank to Nedbank
Expanded automotive parts business with the acquisition of Midas
Entered the vehicle tracking and fleet management industry with the acquisition of 25% of MXit Telematics
Launched Imperial Fleet Management in a joint venture with Wesbank
Acquired Goscor to expand into industrial distribution
Acquired E-Z-Go South Africa to expand product range in Distribution divsion |
| 2011 |
Expanded African footprint in Logistics with the acquisition of CIC Holdings and created a seperate African Logistics divsion
Awarded distribution rights for Mitsubishi
Acquired Edusport, leading sports and events management company
Created new Financial Services division |