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ARB Holdings Limited (JSE:ARH) is an investment and property holding company that owns investments in closely related trading and distribution businesses.
Major investment holdings include 74% of ARB Electrical Wholesalers, a level 2 B-BBEE company, which operates 22 electrical branches throughout South Africa, and 60% of Eurolux, which imports and distributes light fittings, lamps and related accessories.
The Group has two main operating divisions:
ARB Electrical Wholesalers
ARB Connect
ARB Global
CraigCor Distribution Co
CED (Consolidated Electrical Distributor (Pty) Ltd – CHINT Distributors)
GMC Powerlines
ARB Electrical Wholesalers is one of Southern Africa’s largest distributors of electrical products. It operates out of 22 branches across South Africa, with a presence in all nine provinces and provides a wide range of internationally recognised and SABS-approved products across three main categories - power and instrumentation cable, overhead line equipment and conductors, and general low-voltage products.
ARB Holdings has a 100% interest in ARB Global, CED and GMC Powerlines, and 74% of ARB Electrical Wholesalers, which in turn owns 60% of CraigCor Distribution Co.
Eurolux
Cathay Lighting
The Radiant Group
Eurolux and Radiant are leading importers and distributors of energy-saving; LED; halogen and fluorescent lamps; light fittings; electrical accessories; cut cable and ancillary products, including fans and lighting components. Eurolux markets under its own well-known brand, as well as Euro Nouveau.
The businesses operate out of two custom-designed distribution centres situated in Johannesburg and Cape Town and sells to retail chains, independent DIY and hardware chains, as well as to resellers such as specialised lighting shops and electrical wholesalers.
ARB Holdings has a 60% interest in Eurolux, which in turn owns 100% of Cathay Lighting and The Radiant Group.
ARB Holdings
Xact ERP Solutions
ARB’s property portfolio, which includes 15 properties, is housed under the Corporate Division. The division provides strategic leadership to the Group and performs the internal audit, secretarial, legal and centralised treasury functions for the underlying operating subsidiaries.
ARB Holdings has a 100% interest in Xact ERP Solutions, which provides the ARB Electrical Group and other third-party clients with specialist IT software and hardware services and support.
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2023-07-20
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2023-07-20
By Anait Miridzhanian, Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and shafiek tassiem
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2023-06-27
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2023-05-25JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa`s headline consumer inflation slowed more than expected in April to an 11-month low of 6.8% in annual terms, data showed on Wednesday, but analysts and markets still expect the central bank to hike interest rates on Thursday.
2023-05-24South Africa`s central bank will likely extend its tightening cycle and push rates cuts further into the future amid countrywide power outages and currency weakness, analysts said, adding to inflationary pressures straining businesses and households.
2023-05-24
South Africa`s rand extended the previous day`s losses on Thursday as the U.S. dollar hovered near a seven-week high on optimism over U.S. debt ceiling talks.
2023-05-18JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa`s climate policy body on Monday suggested the government could delay retiring its ageing coal-fired power plants to address electricity shortages and said a power crisis had put the country on track to meet its climate goals anyway.
2023-05-15
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2023-05-15
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2023-05-01Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said China has agreed to discuss fishing rights in the South China Sea, as he pushed for a "direct communication line" with Beijing on maritime differences.
2023-05-01WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States urged China on Saturday to stop harassing Philippine vessels in the South China Sea, pledging to stand with the Philippines after another maritime confrontation between the two Asian countries.
2023-04-30U.S. President Joe Biden and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, will join Pacific Islands leaders next month for a "historic" future-oriented meeting, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said on Sunday.
2023-04-30(Reuters) -Ukraine remains in control of a key supply route into Bakhmut, a military spokesperson said on Saturday, as the head of Russia`s mercenary Wagner Group threatened to withdraw some of his troops from the eastern city if Moscow did not send more ammunition.
2023-04-30Ukraine remains in control of a key supply route into Bakhmut, but the situation remains "really difficult" in the besieged eastern city, a Ukrainian military spokesman said on Saturday.
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(Reuters) -A gunman shot dead five neighbors including an 8-year old child after some of them had asked the man to stop shooting a semiautomatic rifle in his front yard in Cleveland, Texas, because it was keeping their baby awake, police said on Saturday.
2023-04-30Children account for most of the 109 bodies so far recovered in mass graves linked to a cult in Kenya, the interior minister said on Friday, the latest details in a case that has shocked the country and prompted calls for tighter regulation of religious fringe groups.
2023-04-28GENEVA (Reuters) -A United Nations committee said on Friday it was deeply concerned about human rights violations by Russian forces and private military companies in Ukraine, including enforced disappearances, torture, rape and extrajudicial executions.
2023-04-28A United Nations committee said on Friday it was deeply concerned about human rights violations by Russian forces and private military companies in Ukraine, including enforced disappearances, torture, rape and extrajudicial executions.
2023-04-28Exxon Mobil Corp is in talks with Colombia`s government in hopes of recovering its investment in a fracking pilot project as the U.S. oil major prepares to ditch upstream operations in the Andean country where the government is pushing through a fracking ban, two sources close to the discussions told Reuters.
2023-04-27Russian forces pounded the city of Bakhmut, the months-old focal point of their attempts to capture the eastern Ukrainian industrial region of Donbas, and the head of Russia`s Wagner mercenary force said Ukrainian troops were pouring in ahead of an "inevitable" counter-offensive.
2023-04-27Expanding upon the historic first images of black holes, scientists on Wednesday unveiled the first picture showing the violent events unfolding around one of these ravenous cosmic behemoths, including the launching point of a colossal jet of high-energy particles shooting outward into space.
2023-04-26KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan`s army and a paramilitary force battled on Khartoum`s outskirts on Wednesday, undermining a truce in an 11-day conflict that civilian groups fear will tighten the military`s grip and revive the sway of an ousted autocrat`s loyalists.
2023-04-26U.S. and Philippine armed forces unleashed a volley of missiles on a mock enemy warship in the South China Sea on Wednesday, in a show of military power and a strengthening alliance at a time of rising regional tension.
2023-04-26Global stock markets moved in opposite directions on Wednesday, as European investors responded to strain in the U.S. banking sector but Wall Street futures rose on bullish updates from Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet.
2023-04-26(Reuters) -Many of the fastest-growing occupations held by U.S. workers in the run-up to the pandemic, such as management, finance and transportation, gained even more ground in the first two years of the health crisis, government data released on Tuesday showed.
2023-04-26BRUSSELS (Reuters) -EU countries on Tuesday gave the final approval to the biggest revamp to date of Europe`s carbon market, which is set to make it more costly to pollute and sharpen the 27-member bloc`s main tool for cutting carbon dioxide emissions.
2023-04-25The former Minneapolis-area police officer convicted of killing Daunte Wright was released from prison on Monday after serving part of her sentence for the fatal shooting that took place while another white officer was on trial for George Floyd`s murder in a nearby courtroom.
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