Bonds (clothing)
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| Industry | Clothing |
| Founded | George Alan Bond, Sydney (1915) |
| Headquarters | 115 Cotham Rd, Kew, Melbourne, Australia |
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Key people
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David Bortolussi (Group General Manager) |
| Products |
Underwear Sleepwear Light casual apparel |
| Website | www.bonds.com.au |
Pacific Brands Underwear Group, known under its core brand Bonds, is an Australian manufacturer and importer of men's, women's and children's underwear and clothing, and a subsidiary of Pacific Brands. The head office is located at 115 Cotham Rd in Kew, Melbourne.
Bonds is the number 1 underwear brand in Australia, and a popular mid-range clothing brand there and in the United Kingdom. Its trademark Chesty Bond is recognised by many Australians as a national icon.
Bonds was established in 1915 by George Allan Bond, an American who came to Australia in the early twentieth century. He started importing women's hosiery and gloves. In 1917 he began manufacturing hosiery in Redfern, Sydney. In 1918 he moved to Camperdown and began also making underwear. In 1932, Bond built Australia’s first cotton spinning mill at Wentworthville in western Sydney. This particular section of Wentworthville was soon renamed Pendle Hill in honour of his Scottish family origins. To facilitate easy access to Bond's Spinning Mills for employees, a railway station and eventually a whole new suburb were created.
The company went into liquidation in 1929 and a public company, Bonds Industries Limited, was established. In 1970 the company merged with Coats Paton Pty Ltd. In 1987 the company was taken over by Pacific Dunlop, and it was then sold in 2001 to form a separate entity, Pacific Brands Holdings Pty Ltd. At that time also the spinning mill was closed. In 2004 Pacific Brands Limited was listed as a public company on the (ASX) and the New Zealand Exchange (NZX).
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