# Barloworld and BayWa form materials handling joint venture BHBW in South Africa

Barloworld Handling and BayWa AG have formed a 50/50 joint venture called BHBW (Pty) Ltd, effective 1 March 2017, to further their materials handling and agriculture operations in Southern Africa.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-03-01
- Where: Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa, South Africa
- Status: completed
- Products: Hyster forklifts, warehousing equipment, UTILEV lift trucks
- Sectors: [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [Barloworld](https://endata.com/companies/6766.md) (partner)
- [BayWa](https://endata.com/companies/21954.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [forkliftaction.com](https://www.forkliftaction.com/news/barloworld-baywa-jv-starts-trading.aspx?n=18753), 2017-03-02: "Southern African Hyster dealer Barloworld Handling has started trading as BHBW (Pty) Ltd following approval by competition authorities of the joint venture partnership between Barloworld Limited and German trading group BayWa AG."

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