Belron
| Belron International Ltd
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| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1897 |
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London United Kingdom
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| management | Gary Lubner (2010) |
| Number of employees | 30,567 (2018) |
| sales | 3.8 billion euros (2018) |
| Branch | Automotive glass |
| Website | www.belron.com |
Belron International Ltd has been part of the D'Ieteren group of companies since 1999 and is represented in 32 countries.
history
The company has its origins in Cape Town , South Africa, founded in 1897 by the glass dealers Jacobs & Dandor in Cape Town, and has been operating under the name "Plate Glass" since 1898. In 1927, the automotive glass section was first established within the company. Plate Glass bought Windscreens O'Brien, the Australian leader in automotive glass, in 1971 and continued to grow through expansion.
In 1982, Plate Glass was renamed Solaglas as part of a restructuring. In 1983 Solaglas acquired the Windshields Group and Autoglas in Great Britain and in 1987 to continental Europe through the acquisitions of Carglass NV and Aardie NV in Belgium and Carglass Nederland BV in the Netherlands. Solaglas was renamed Belron in 1990. In the same year there were acquisitions in France and Germany, two years later in Portugal. In 1992, Belron was taken over by South African Breweries , which sold its majority stake in 1999 to the Belgian group D'Ieteren , which is particularly active in the areas of vehicle sales and short-term car rental.
In November 2017, a 40% stake in Belron was sold to the US private equity investor Clayton Dubilier & Rice .
International presence
The international expansion of the Belron Group is through takeovers and franchise models in Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, Italy and Greece (2000), in Denmark, Slovenia and Turkey (2001), in Sweden and the Czech Republic Republic (2002), in Brazil, Norway, Poland and Serbia-Montenegro (2003), in the USA (from 2005), in Romania (2006) in Austria (2007) as well as in China, Chile, Finland and Lithuania (2009) been. The international network consists of over 1,800 service companies in 32 countries on five continents, 8,500 mobile units and 24,000 employees.
Belron offers worldwide service and is represented in the following countries: Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, Great Britain, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Austria, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Greece, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Canada, USA, China, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Serbia-Montenegro, Slovenia, Romania, Lithuania and Turkey. In the following countries as a franchise : Hungary, Chile, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Lithuania and Finland.
Representations under the respective brand names:
 O'BRIEN - Australia |
 SMITH & SMITH - New Zealand
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 CARGLASS - Belgium |
 CARGLASS - Netherlands
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 CARGLASS - Brazil |
 HURTIGRUTA CARGLASS - Norway
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 CARGLASS - Chile |
 CARGLASS - Austria
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 CARGLASS - China |
 AUTOGLASS JAAN - Poland
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 CARGLASS - Denmark |
 CARGLASS - Portugal
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 CARGLASS - Germany
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 CARGLASS - Romania
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 CARGLASS - Spain |
 CARGLASS - Serbia-Montenegro
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 CARGLASS - Finland |
 CARGLASS - Slovenia
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 CARGLASS - France |
 CARGLASS - Sweden
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 CARGLASS - Greece |
 CARGLASS - Switzerland
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 AUTOGLASS - Ireland |
 CARGLASS - Czech Republic
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 CARGLASS - Italy |
 CARGLASS - Turkey
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 DURO - Canada |
 CARGLASS - Hungary
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 CARGLASS - Lithuania |
 Safelite Group. - UNITED STATES
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 CARGLASS - Luxembourg |
AUTOGLASS - United Kingdom
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Belron Technical
Belron's research and development teams - Belron Technical, the Group's own company - generate new methods such as: B. OPL (one-person-lifting device) known under Carglass as "Lil Buddy" or the new EZI-WIRE cutting technique - developed to make it easier to cut out and replace large, heavy panes. Belron is also involved in the development and worldwide sales of the Glass Medic System.
Belron in the USA
Safelite Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Belron NV, is an automotive glass and complaint handling company based in Columbus, Ohio. The company is divided into four main businesses: Services in the field of vehicle glass (repair and replacement) are u. a. under the brand names AUTO GLASS SPECIALISTS, ELITE AUTO GLASS, DIAMOND TRIUMPH GLASS, Safelite Auto Glass. Safelite Solutions LLC and Alliance Claims Solutions offer services in the area of fleet management and insurance claims processing. Service AutoGlass is active nationwide in the vehicle glass trade as well as assembly and repair materials and tools. The production of windshields is done by Safelite Glass Corp. Safelite Group, Inc. employs more than 9,000 people across the United States. Safelite Auto Glass, Arnie's Auto Glass Center, Auto Glass Center, Auto Glass Specialists, Cindy Rowe Auto Glass, Diamond Triumph Glass, Elite Auto Glass, JC's Glass, Midwest Auto Glass Center and Nationwide Auto Glass, all of which are part of Safelite, offer together More than 95% of all motorists in all 50 states provide mobile vehicle repair and replacement services. As the largest automotive glass repair and replacement company in the United States, Safelite serves over 3.1 million customers annually with more than 3,700 repair technicians.
Work areas:
- Auto Glass Specialists / Safelite Auto Glass operates in Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
- Cindy Rowe Auto Glass / Safelite Auto Glass operates in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
- Elite Auto Glass / Safelite Auto Glass operates in Colorado.
- Safelite Auto Glass / Arnie's Auto Glass Center operates in Michigan.
- Safelite Auto Glass / Auto Glass Center operates in Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
- Safelite Auto Glass / Diamond Triumph Glass operates in 42 states excluding Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
- Safelite Auto Glass / JC's Glass operates in Arizona.
- Safelite Auto Glass / Midwest Auto Glass Center operates in North Dakota.
- Safelite Auto Glass / Nationwide Auto Glass operates in Utah.
- Safelite Auto Glass operates in all 50 states.