Saint-Gobain increases its production in France
Can you still perform in France? At a time when a movement of deindustrialization affects the Hexagon, Saint-Gobain slice on the downturn. On Wednesday, the group inaugurated in Chemill? glass, next to Angers, a glass wool factory last generation called G3. A major investment (100 million euros) with the key, the immediate creation of 75 jobs including 25 items made by subcontractors on the site. And when the unit running at full capacity it will employ 150 people. A move welcomed by Prime Minister Francois Fillon, present at the inauguration: "In France, we built factories! You are proof that our country has an industrial future. "There is no inevitability to the relocation, he said the group's CEO, Pierre-Andre de Chalendar.The cost of labor, even if it is too high in France, is not always an obstacle to industrialization. "
That was 38 years, Saint-Gobain had not started a manufacturing plant in France this kind of product. But other businesses of the group have also recently made the choice of production in France. Mid-February, Saint-Gobain has finalized the extension of a site that makes double glazing Crissey, near Chalon-sur-Saone. With again a few tens of indirect jobs.
Sustainability
If Saint-Gobain is the bet of "Made in France", is by economic realism. "Once the fiberglass travel more than 400 to 500 km, transport costs become excessive, recognizes Xavier de Maistre, General Manager France of Saint-Gobain Isover cash advance.We therefore produce locally for local markets. "In this case, the group chose to locate in Maine-et-Loire, for he had no factory producing glass wool to the markets of west of France.
Saint-Gobain has also launched the opening of an industrial site, because it believes in market prospects opened by the Grenelle Environment. A bet bolstered by the commitment reiterated Wednesday Francois Fillon not relegated to the status of sustainable development subtopic: "The green growth is not the end of the industry: it's renewal." Thus, Saint-Gobain will have to Chemill? a production capacity sufficient to isolate 100 000 houses per year. However, since 2012, some 300 000 to 400 000 houses built each year will be the standard BBC (building low consumption) to be very well insulated."In addition, there are 22 million buildings constructed before 1973 and 30 million non-insulated and poorly insulated," says one at Saint-Gobain Isover. In fact, the glass wool G3 is a good answer to these problems: compared to previous lines, it provides better thermal protection of 30%. What Saint-Gobain dampen somewhat the crisis currently affecting the construction industry.
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