Over 50% of the company’s sales are generated by its plasterboard division.
The company’s general manager Constantin Hariton Tuesday said he estimates the local plasterboard market will reach EUR85-EUR90 million in 2013, which translates into less than 40 million square meters, nearly half compared to 2008, when sales amounted to EUR67-EUR68 million sqm.
Saint-Gobain Construction Products expects its sales to stagnate in 2013, despite a constant market decline, higher raw material prices and customers’ tendency toward cheaper products. It also estimates flat sales in 2014.
The company reported sales of 284 million lei (EUR64 million) in 2012, according to data sent to the Finance Ministry.
Saint-Gobain Rigips invests between EUR1.3 and EUR2.3 million annually to enhance its operations and production units.
France’s Saint-Gobain has five companies in Romania, namely, Saint-Gobain Construction Products (with Isover, PAM, Rigips and Weber business units), Saint-Gobain Glass Romania (with Glass and Abrasives units), MTI Impex Brasov and Brodrene Dahl, employs 1,000 people and operates 11 production lines on six industrial sites.
In 2012, the French group registered sales of EUR144 million in Romania.