Talk:Toll Group

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need to clean up this corporate profile. need a products and services section to explain what they do. and why they are going the vertically integrated model, getting into the freight rail, surface transport, air freight.

Takamaxa 12:36, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Can i start a page for TOLL ASIA? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.21.155.13 (talk) 07:08, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Just for interest, I have photographed this. [1] and the related story. It would definitely be worth adding to the page. I am willing to forego the copyright on this image (not sure what I need to do in this instance as I have never foregone copyright) to add this to the page. Macr237 (talk) 09:58, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Toll is calling itself the Toll Group and it is divided into 6 divisions. It would be good to know what they are and "what is what" and "where is where". --PinkAechFas (talk) 06:56, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

That makes sense. The ASX have a list of over 100 smaller companies that Toll have bought over the past decade. Some of them have Wiki pages. Toll seem to have assigned them into one of six internal businesses (although they seem to use the Toll brand across all business units). It probably makes sense to treat each business individually as each one has its own services, industries, locations, capabilities etc as outlined in their ASX Annual Report. Agree with Takamaxa and PinkAechFas that a clean up is long overdue. This page should also be renamed "Toll Group"Alexa Smith 04:00, 14 June 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexasmith (talk • contribs)

Agree with that the naming convention of this page is not congruent with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(companies) This seems to follow the convention applied in these cases: Qantas (Qantas Airways Limited) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas GM Holden Ltd, commonly designated Holden http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden Ansell Limited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansell Bunnings Group Limited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunnings_Warehouse United Parcel Service of America, Inc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Parcel_Service Ford Motor Company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford Their Wordmark is "Toll" however to avoid disambiguation issues "Toll Group" is the most appropriate title. Brycewhite (talk) 03:00, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Was going to comment the same thing. I may action these proposals soon. The "Environmental record" and "Sponsorship" sections can probably be removed or moved to articles about subsidiaries. (It's subsidiaries all the way down >_>) DpEpsilon (talk) 03:52, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Proposed addition

Requesting an addition to section 2: History.

Text to add in at end of History paragraph before Timeline:

In December 2016, Brian Kruger announced his retirement after five years as Toll Group Managing Director, with Michael Byrne appointed as his successor effective 1 January 2017.

In January 2017, Toll Managing Director Michael Byrne announced the commencement of Toll's Transformation Program, simplifying the number of operational divisions from five to three aligning with core segments in Global Express, Global Forwarding and Global Logistics.

Requesting an addition to section 2.1: Timeline.

Text to add in at end of current Timeline list:

• 2016 Brian Kruger retires as Managing Director
• 2017 Michael Byrne appointed as Managing Director
• 2017 Toll Transformation Program commences

MeInMelbs (talk) 04:22, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

References

Reply 28-MAY-2018

Partially implemented .spintendo  04:48, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks @Spintendo: for making part of those requested changes. Can I ask if there is a reason the first part have not been made? This was the request for content to be added in at the end of the History section. Cheers MeInMelbs (talk) 02:34, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Proposed addition

Requesting an addition to section 4: Sponsorship.

Delete: From 2008 to 2013 the company sponsored the Holden Racing Team.[20]

Add: In 2013, Toll Group was announced as a major sponsor of The Amy Gillett Foundation Australia’s leading cycling advocacy group, to promote road safety on our roads.

In 2016, Toll partnered with Driver Reviver as a major sponsor. Driver Reviver is a national community program dedicated to reducing fatigue and promoting safe driving behaviours, by encouraging motorists to take regular breaks on their journey and visiting Driver Reviver sites. MeInMelbs (talk) 00:03, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

References

Reply 26-JUN-2018

 Implemented

1. The newer sponsorships were added.
2. Unless there is something incorrect about the information, past sponsorships should not be deleted, but rather changed to reflect their past statuses.
3. The connected contributor template needs only to be posted once on the talk page. I've moved it to the top, where it is usually placed. There is no need to place it again during each request. FYI.  spintendo  04:59, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks @Spintendo: for making those changes and explaining about the connected contributor tag!

Proposed merge with Toll Global Express

Toll Global Express doesn't have enough sources to establish any independent notability, or even to demonstrate that it still exists. Suggest merging to the immediate parent for now, it can always be split off later if anyone ever writes any substantial independently-sourced content about it. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 12:12, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

  Y Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 09:07, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed

Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: https://web.archive.org/web/20080731210843/http://www.toll.com.au:80/about.html and https://www.ft.com/content/0a6b38ff-fa43-3f14-8a0a-a2cc2b28db33. Copied or closely paraphrased material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.)

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Proposed addition

Requesting updated content to replace removed copyright content. This content is to go directly under the opening paragraph, before History. The requested content is below - Operating divisions. Thanks, MeInMelbs (talk) 04:42, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

MeInMelbs, content in Wikipedia is based on independent reliable sources, and an edit request that doesn't cite any can't really be accepted; however, this does seem pretty uncontentious. A more interesting question is whether those operating divisions are notable independently of the parent company, or if those pages should be merged with this one. Thoughts? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:06, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Operating divisions

Toll Group has three operating divisions:

Global Forwarding

Global Logistics

Global Express Services

Proposed merge with Toll Global Logistics

Apparently not notable independently of the parent. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:21, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

  Y Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 09:07, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Toll Global Forwarding

Apparently not notable independently of the parent; a good number of the references are about the group, not the subsidiary. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:24, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

  Y Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 09:07, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

Dpex

The article should have mention depx is a subsidiary of Toll, which the company was acquired in 2010. https://www.joc.com/air-cargo/toll-group-acquires-dpex-qantas_20100608.html https://investor.qantas.com/FormBuilder/_Resource/_module/doLLG5ufYkCyEPjF1tpgyw/file/sustainability/2011-EOWA-Report.pdf https://www.qantas.com/infodetail/about/investors/2011AnnualReport.pdf Matthew hk (talk) 17:45, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

IPEC and Global Express

It seems it is actually IPEC was sold and became Team Global Express. https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=15084157666

Toll Global Express is the sister company https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=31006604191 , which according to the ABR, the trading name "Toll Global Express" is under Toll Transport Pty. (which also has business name Toll Global Logistics), not under IPEC. Unfortunately it is primary source and ABR will purge the trading name info from the webpage from 1 November 2023 Matthew hk (talk) 12:45, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Revision Request

Can we please request a revision - updating the History section to be less convoluted.

Starting at 'In 1888,.." and ending at the sentence "In 2012, Toll acquired a one-third shareholding in Bowmans Rail". Can this be replaced with:

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Albert Toll established Toll in Newcastle, Australia, in 1888. The business began by moving coal with horse and cart, and by the time of Albert's death at 95 in 1958, Toll was running a range of fleet trucks from five different locations. (Reference: 2.)

National Minerals purchased the business in 1959. (References: 3,4) It then became a part of mining conglomerate Peko Wallsend a decade later. Peko Wallsend utilised the Toll transport business for all its transporting needs, making Toll a popular domestic carrier across the country.(Reference: 5.)

The business changed name to Toll-Chadwick when its new owners wanted to blend their businesses and start using containerised shipping. By the mid-1980s, Toll-Chadwick had evolved into one of Australia’s most significant transport companies, operating beyond the nation’s capital cities.(References: 6,7)

Toll was purchased by its management team in 1986 by Toll’s first Chairman, Peter Rowsthorn and Toll’s Managing Director at the time, Paul Little. The duo developed the business through acquiring modest, strategically located transport companies. (Reference: 4.)

Public Company

In 1993, Toll listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.(Reference: 5.)

After its listing on the ASX, Toll progressively built its reach and service capabilities via a program of strategic acquisitions. In the process, Toll expanded its operations in logistics and freight forwarding across the Asia-Pacific region. (References: 8,9,10)

Toll’s acquisition of SembCorp Logistics (SembLog) in 2006 significantly increased Toll’s market presence and reach across South East Asia, Greater China and the Indian Sub-Continent. (Reference: 9) In this period, Toll acquired ST Logistics, a standalone subsidiary business in Singapore, which supports the Singapore Government with logistics in healthcare, defence, and homeland security. (Reference: 11)

In 2008 Toll acquired BALtrans Logistics.(Reference 6) In 2009 Toll acquired Express Logistics Group, one of New Zealand's largest freight forwarding companies. In the same year Toll acquired Logistic Distribution Systems (LDS), a Dubai-based international freight forwarding company. (Reference: 9)

In 2010 Toll acquired United States freight forwarder Summit Logistics.(Reference 7) In 2010 they acquired WT SeaAir and Genesis Forwarding. (Reference: 9). The acquisitions added significant scale to the Toll Global Forwarding division in Europe.

In 2011 Toll acquired SAT Albatros (SAT), a Dubai-based provider of sea-air services.(Reference: 9).

By 2014, Toll had 40,000 team members across 1,200 locations in more than 50 countries, and annual revenue of A$6.5 billion. (Reference: 7).

References:

2. https://www.tollgroup.com/about/history

3. How Little turned ailing Toll into a giant The Age 23 August 2005

4. Scheme Booklet registered with ASIC Toll Group 2 April 2015 page 19

5. 6 March 2009 (6 March 2009). "Toll Global Forwarding Completes BALtrans Integration." Logistics Insight Asia. Retrieved 2013-07-23.

6. 2 February 2010 (2 February 2010). "Toll acquires Summit Logistics." The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2013-07-23

7. Toll board backs $6.5b takeover by Japan Post ABC News 18 February 2015

8. Toll takeover: Japan's great Australian takeaway Sydney Morning Herald 18 February 2015

9. Japan Post takes full ownership of Toll Australasian Transport News July 2015 page 26

10. https://www.tollgroup.com/about/innovation-insights/toll-city

11. https://www.tollgroup.com/about/news-and-media/media-releases/toll-group-completes-sale-global-express-allegro-funds CSAus (talk) 22:34, 19 February 2024 (UTC)