Belron

<h2 id="operations">Operations</h2>
<p>Belron brands repair and replace damaged vehicle glass. In many countries, Belron brands are able to repair and replace a customer’s windscreen 24-hours-a-day through branch-based and mobile services.
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<h2 id="history">History</h2>

<p>Belron was first founded as a family business in 1897 as Jacobs & Dandor in <a href="/facts/Cape_Town/tFrIG1gz">Cape Town</a>, <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a>. The company was purchased and renamed Plate Glass Bevelling and Silvering in 1899. In 1917, City Glass Bevelling & Silvering Works bought Plate Glass; the companies were merged in 1919 and went ahead to gain success in the windscreen industry by securing the business rights to the curved <a href="/facts/Windshield/BffeD1Q7">windscreen</a> production technology in 1953 and introducing laminated rear windows in 1958.
</p><p>The company began its international expansion in 1971, starting with the acquisition of O’Brien in Australia. 
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<p>International expansion continued with the acquisition of UK companies Autoglass and Windshields, which merged as Autoglass Windshields in 1983.
</p><p>In 1990, international acquisitions were grouped together under the name Belron. 
</p><p>2007 Belron acquires US market leader Safelite.
</p><p>Gary Lubner was named CEO of Belron in 2000;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> both his father and grandfather had also led the business.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
</p><p>In 2015, Belron (94.85% owned by <a href="/facts/D%27Ieteren/e0Cn0jqR">D'Ieteren</a>) had 2,400 branches and 10,000 mobile vans, trading under ten major brands including Carglass and <a href="/facts/Safelite/Aj821L07">Safelite</a>, serving customers in 33 countries. Revenues in 2015 were €3.1 billion.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.belron.com/">Official website</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Our Franchisees", Belron. Retrieved 10 February 2017 <a href="http://www.belron.com/ourpartners/ourfranchisees/" target="_blank">http://www.belron.com/ourpartners/ourfranchisees/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>https://www.belron.com/workingforus/belroninternational/ "Belron International" <a href="https://www.belron.com/workingforus/belroninternational/" target="_blank">https://www.belron.com/workingforus/belroninternational/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Candice Krieger (May 12, 2011). "The Windscreen Repair Boss Who Has Cracked It". TheJC.com. <a href="http://www.thejc.com/business/business-features/48760/the-windscreen-repair-boss-who-has-cracked-it" target="_blank">http://www.thejc.com/business/business-features/48760/the-windscreen-repair-boss-who-has-cracked-it</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Bertie Lubner Passes Away", April 18, 2016, Jenna Reed, GlassBytes.com
 <a href="http://www.glassbytes.com/2016/04/bertie-lubner-passes-away/" target="_blank">http://www.glassbytes.com/2016/04/bertie-lubner-passes-away/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Power 100 2013: Gary Lubner", Jeremy Kuper, June 4, 2013, "The South African" <a href="http://www.thesouthafrican.com/power-100-2013-gary-lubner/" target="_blank">http://www.thesouthafrican.com/power-100-2013-gary-lubner/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"Financial Information". D'Ieteren. 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2017-08-30. <a href="http://www.dieteren.com/en/financial-information" target="_blank">http://www.dieteren.com/en/financial-information</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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