In 2021, Saint-Gobain bought building materials maker Duraziv from businessman Daniel Guzu. The acquisition is a step forward to reducing the company’s carbon footprint, says Ovidiu Pascutiu, and to this very end the French-owned company will also install photovoltaic panels on one of its local plants.
Housing has been the growth driver for the French group in 2021. The group has worked at full capacity. Despite the health crisis constraints, the construction market has been highly dynamic this year and Saint-Gobain expects the positive trend to continue in 2022, at least on the housing market.
At present, Saint-Gobain’s biggest investment in Romania envisages the construction of the second plasterboard plant in Turda. The investment revolves around EUR45 million and aims to boost plasterboard production to meet rising demand in Romania and ECE.
In Romania, Saint-Gobain reached turnover worth almost RON1.2 billion in 2020, slightly up on the year.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)