Saint-Gobain to open one to two new industrial sites per year in Africa
The French building materials manufacturer and distributor, whose hub for sub-Saharan Africa is in Johannesburg, is looking at opportunities to acquire and establish new plants in West, East and Southern Africa.
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▪ Saint-Gobain to open one to two new industrial sites per year in Africa
▪ The French building materials manufacturer and distributor, whose hub for sub-Saharan Africa is in Johannesburg, is looking at opportunities to acquire and establish new plants in West, East and Southern Africa.
▪ https://www.africabusinessplus.com/en/810149/saint-gobain-planning-one-to-two-new-industrial-sites-per-year-in-africa/
“We are in a continuous process of development and plan to open one to two countries per year in the coming years to serve our customers, architects, builders, contractors […] locally. Outside SADC, export flows between African countries are difficult. Hence the fact that our sites are generally sized for the countries in which we operate. Because of these intra-continental logistical constraints, we have an absolute need to be as close as possible to the markets and to use local raw materials,” Jean-Claude Lasserre, Saint-Gobain‘s managing director for sub-Saharan Africa, based in Johannesburg, told Africa Business+.
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