New Saint-Gobain Group atividade Worldwide and in Brazil
The Saint-Gobain Group continues to grow. It has just added one more atividade to its operations. Last December 2nd, it successfully concluded the buyout of the English multinational group BPB Plc, world leader in plaster and plasterboards for the drywall construction system. The group is also an important global supplier of removable linings and heat and sound insulation products.
This new atividade reinforces Saint-Gobain’s presence in construction products. It already works with glasses, glass wool for insulation, mortars, fibrocement roof tiles (without asbestos), channeling in cast iron, files, sidings and shingles.
The operation was performed by means of a public bid for purchase of shares in the London stock exchange, on August 31st, 2005, and was concluded on December 2nd with the payment of 775 Pences/share. Today, the purchase has already exceeded 90% of shares, and by the value offered per share, the company (100% of the capital) was valued at 5.8 billion Euros.
BPB Group Worldwide
• Turnover of 2.3 billion Pounds (3.4 billion Euros) in 2004
• 90 plants in 50 countries
• 12,689 employees
• Sales distribution per product:
- Plasterboards (drywall): 65%
- Plaster: 16%
- Other construction materials: 19%
• Sales distribution per region:
- Europe: 71%
- North America: 24%
- Other regions: 5%
• Sale of 1.2 billion m² of plasterboards in 2004 (20% of the global market for 6.0 billion of m²)
• www.bpb.com
BPB is also set up in Brazil, where it is the holding company of Placo do Brasil Ltda., Brazilian leader in plasterboards for the drywall system.
Placo do Brasil
• Founded in 1995
• Joint-venture between BPB (holding company) and Chilean company El Volcan (Matte Group)
• It has a plant in Mogi das Cruzes (SP), 70 km from São Paulo, in operation since 1999
- annual capacity for 12 million of m² of plasterboards
- 14,000 m² of constructed area
- 92.000 m² de land
• Line of products:
- Carton-like plasterboards for the drywall system
- Plaster
- Removable plaster linings
- Glass wool for insulation (marketing)
• www.placo.com.br
With this purchase, the Saint-Gobain Group reinforces its position not only in the international market, but here in Brazil as well, where it has been operating for about 70 years, experiencing continuous growth and clearing showing its trust in this countr
15/12/2005
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