WE’RE GROWING QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY

The Saint-Gobain Group is a multinational group of companies, founded in 1665 in Paris. It is focused on the construction material markets, with the aim of advancing possibilities for the construction of residential and commercial buildings, energy savings and sustainable development

We will invest even more in production capacities and expanding our range. We want to become a market leader thanks to our innovative solutions and services based on the winning combination of top local knowledge and international experience, announces company Weber.

The Saint-Gobain Group has existed for over 350 years and has been present in Serbia since 2002, with two factories and over 100 employees. What did the development path of your company look like? - The group started operations as a manufacturer of mirrors, while it is today engaged in the design, production and distribution of various construction and high-performance materials used in many industries. Since its establishment to this day, the basic aspects of the Group’s development have been inventiveness and innovation. As one of the world’s 100 most innovative companies, the Saint-Gobain Group collaborates with world-renowned universities and research centres, all with the aim of constantly improving its products.

The Group is today among the world’s leading industrial groups, operating in 68 countries and with more than 180,000 employees and sales revenues of 42.6 billion euros in 2019. Proof of its constant technological development is the fact that one of the Group’s four products didn’t even exist until five years ago. The group protects an average of around 400 patents per year, while the annual budget of its research and development sector total approximately 1.85 billion euros.

The Weber company became part of the international Saint-Gobain Group in 1996 and was itself founded in France in 1900. Weber operates in 68 countries around the world. The Saint-Gobain Group is today represented in Serbia by three subsidiaries: Isover, Rigips and Weber, with over 100 employees. The majority of employees work on Weber activity.

What distinguishes your products from the offers of competing companies, and there are undoubtedly ever more of them? - The main characteristic of all solutions offered by Weber is top quality, as a result of many years of market experience. Innovation is also a very important point in the strategy of Weber and Saint-Gobain. Our group invests constantly in research and development. We offer customers on the local market solutions that have been developed and applied in other countries where Weber operates, such as Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey and many more. Utilising our vast international experience, we operate

locally, with an absolute understanding of customers’ a facade in a photographic image of their building, in order needs and requirements. We are the perfect example of to ease the process of deciding on the choice of material. the philosophy “think globally, act locally”. Your strategy is to continue your strong growth in the In line with the digital transformation process that has region, to invest in production capacities and expand entered every pore of our lives and businesses, you the product range. How much will you rely on your own have created the Weber - majstorica app. Can you tell capacities in doing that, and how much on the fact that us a little more about that? you are part of a large and powerful - “Weber - majstorica” is the first application of its type on our market. We’re currently the only French company? - Almost all of our products are made in We developed it because we want company in the sector in Serbia. In Serbia we offer solutions for to connect more with craftsmen, and aplicatiors or installer on the markets of Serbia, Montenegro and Bosniathis region to have two production facilities facades, ceramics adhesives, grouts, interior smooth plasters, paints for interiors and facades, as well as prodHerzegovina who use our materials ucts for floors. We import items from every day. The speed of exchanging information between the Rigips, Isover, Adfors, Glass, Abrasives and Ecophone producers and users, as well as the preparation of proposproduction programmes from our factories in Europe. In als for improvements based on information collected, is line with the Group’s global strategy, we’re focused on enthe starting point for all successful cooperation. ergy saving, environmental protection and CO2 reduction.

Our aim is to continue working to improve the “Weber - Given that Saint-Gobain construction materials Ltd. majstorica” app and to increase the number of its users, all Belgrade is supported by an international group, its financial in order to better satisfy the needs of our customers. The security enables us to grow quickly and efficiently. Our “E-Study” digital tool is in the final stage of development, goal is to become a reliable partner on the local market which will enable our users to visualise the appearance of in all of our strategic activities.