Saint-Gobain

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Scratching the surface all thanks to Saint-Gobain, tradie's choice Flexovit because every minute on site counts.

Let's do this, Scope.

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It gets nicely strapped and then that can be lowered directly onto a vehicle.

Obviously, definitely got to give credit to Sangoban and their reuse program for glass.

And so there are ways that glass doesn't go to waste, but there are still quite big challenges around that.

So any fire rated glass, for example, cannot be recycled because of its boron content.

The loss there was more than one hundred million dollars and the distilleries, breweries, and other agricultural industries were damaged to the extent of hundreds of millions more.

From Armentieres I went into the Rubix-Tourcoing district, another great textile center which was practically destroyed and saw something of the reconstructed plate glass and chemical factories of Chauny, Ciré, and Saint-Gobain.

All of these industries have come back rapidly.

Indeed the recovery of industrial France has proved one of the wonders of our twentieth century world.

So continuous innovation and collaboration with customers has been a key driver of Fuyao's success.

Global players such as Japan's AGC and France's Saint-Gobain has diversified production across construction and industrial materials.

While Fuyao has one single focus, they invest heavily in R&D for Autoglass, which has led to them being an industry leader.

And you have numbers to back this

In the US, they assemble about 10 million cars a year, and in Europe, about 17 million.

Both is 10% to 20% below their peak pre-COVID.

For the incumbent glass makers, we're talking about Japanese makers AGC, NSG, which is Nippon Sheet Glass, and France, Saint-Gobain.

The lower volume have collided with European energy costs running at twice the Chinese levels, and this is an unhappy combination for the business that melts sand in gas-fired furnaces.

All right, so if you want anything construction right from the foundation to you finish, and even when you are done and you want some renovation, we have solutions for you.

So from tile grouts to tiling, cement, or what we call tile adhesives, to PU epoxy flooring, to plasterboards, to mining solutions, everything construction you can think about, Saint-Gobain is available to provide you with the solutions.

I'm sure you know very well that there are so many companies that offer these services as well.

Exactly, I know too well.

So what is that one thing that makes you stand out? Why should we come to Saint-Gobain?

Quality.

Especially when it comes to waterproofing and damproofing products because there are so many companies that are manufacturing these products, but then you use and then they don't work.

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So rising dump, basement leaks, and moisture through slabs leads to higher maintenance costs over time.

Saint-Gobain Ghana offers waterproofing and damp-proofing solutions that create a protective barrier for foundations, bathrooms, roofs, and retaining walls.

So where damage exists, technical repair solutions restore and extend the service life of concrete and other building elements.

The range also covers the full construction value chain, concrete and cement admixtures, tiling and stamped concrete, epoxy and polytree floor for high-wear areas and specialized products for mining.

So the people who were able to pass through yesterday...

We did take them through the array of products that we have in stock for them.

So they have been able to gauge the different solutions and systems that we provide at Saint-Gobain Weber.

And it's been very impressive so far.

Yeah.

It's called verre trempé, which we call tempered glass, and that innovation was patented by the company Saint-Gobain, which, uh, acquired the company that would then become Duralex, um, in 1929.

These days, this innovation, so again, patented by Saint-Gobain, is used for things like phone booths or passenger side car windows.

So-

Oh, wow

The loss there was more than $100 million, and the distilleries, breweries, and other agricultural industries were damaged to the extent of hundreds of millions more.

From Armentieres, I went into the Rupix-Tourcoing district, another great textile center which was practically destroyed, and saw something of the reconstructed plate glass and chemical factories of Chauny, Ciré, and Saint-Gobain.

All of these industries have come back rapidly.

Indeed, the recovery of industrial France has proved one of the wonders of our 20th century world.