Sabco

South Australian Brush Company
Industry Brushware
Fate Subsidiary of Libman USA
Founded 1892 (1892) in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Founder W. E. Hay
Defunct 2003 (2003)
Headquarters Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Sabco is an Australian company specialising in cleaning and garden products. It was established in South Australia in 1892 as the South Australian Brush Company by W. E. Hay. It is now wholly owned by the American Libman Company, since 2009.[1] Sabco has been a household name for brooms and brushes in South Australia for over a century.[2]

Initially, the South Australian Brush Company was quite small, and its products were hand crafted. Over time, the company grew, and adopted more automated production processes. In 1930, the factory was in Flinders Street, Adelaide.[3] It established a new factory after World War II in what had been a munitions factory at Hendon.

In 1979, Sabco acquired the Melbourne-based Dawn Plastics and established a garden products division.[1] In 1981, it acquired a competitor, the Lincoln Brush Company, that had manufactured paint brushes in South Australia for over thirty years.[4]

In 1993, Sabco was acquired out of receivership by Tomlin Industries.[2] At that time, the factory was in Albert Park, a northwestern suburb of Adelaide.[5] In 2003, Sabco was acquired by HWI. In May 2007, Libman USA took up 50% ownership, increased to 100% in 2009.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About sabco". Sabco Australia. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Sabco stays at home". The Canberra Times. 67 (21, 221). 22 May 1993. p. 11 (SECTION 1). Retrieved 18 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ ""Sabco" Shaving Brushes". The News. XV (2, 199) (HOME ed.). Adelaide. 4 August 1930. p. 10. Retrieved 18 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Sabco expanding its operations". The Canberra Times. 56 (16, 820). 15 October 1981. p. 26. Retrieved 18 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Liquidators move on brush manufacturer". The Canberra Times. 68 (21, 329). 7 September 1993. p. 11. Retrieved 18 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.


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