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Investments Saint-Gobain's investment in Calarasi
 Saint-Gobain Group has officially opened a new float glass production unit in Calarasi. The very event was highly honored by the presence of Mr. Calin POPESCU – TARICEANU the Prime Minister of Romania, accompanied by other members of the Executive, HE Mr. Herve BOLOT the Ambassador of France in Romania, Mr. Jacques Aschenbroich the President of Saint-Gobain Glass and Mr. Pierre-Andre de Chalendar – General Director of Saint-Gobain .
The EUR 100 million factory constructions took 18 months to be built and it is to produce transparent float glass mostly utilized in constructions. The production unit capacity amounts 600 t of float glass daily, 50 percent of it being exported towards South Eastern Europe as well as Germany and Poland.
The Saint-Gobain project created 215 new jobs, and, indirectly an additional 1000 more throughout subcontracting as proven by Saint-Gobain previous activity in similar undertakings.
“I’m glad to see that we have multinational companies willing to invest in such considerable projects especially in areas, underprivileged from this point of view up to now. Throughout Saint-Gobain investment at Calarasi we are witnessing a positive spin of from an economic and social point of view” stated Mr. Calin POPESCU – TARICEANU - Prime Minister of Romania.
“Our factory will definitely be most beneficial to the Calarasi County. The production capacity and the high quality of our products will strengthen our position as leader on the South Eastern European market. Moreover we expect this to be an example for more investors to come and take advantage of the area high potential.” said Mr. Pierre-Andre de Chalendar – General Director of Saint-Gobain. http://www.arisinvest.ro/news_detail.asp?ID=429 |
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