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Saint-Gobain to acquire FOSROC

28 June 2024, Published under Cement News

Saint-Gobain has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire FOSROC, a leading privately-owned global construction chemicals player for US$1025m in cash. Following the acquisitions of Chryso in 2021, GCP in 2022 and 33 additional acquisitions since 2021, this move is a new strategic step in establishing Saint-Gobain’s worldwide presence in construction chemicals, which will have combined sales of EUR6.2bn across 73 countries following the acquisition (pro forma). FOSROC is a global ...

Saint-Gobain reports stable sales, supported by acquisitions

30 October 2023, Published under Cement News

Saint Gobain has reported stable like-for-like sales over the first nine months of 2023, compared to the same period a year earlier, despite a 3.1 per cent YoY contraction in the 3Q23. On a reported basis, sales were down 4.9 per cent to EUR36.5bn (US$38.6bn) in the 9M23 and fell by 10.5 per cent to EUR11.6bn in the 3Q23. Prices over the nine-month period advanced by five per cent YoY and by 1.9 per cent in the 3Q23, reflecting overall sequential price stability and generating a positive pri...

Chryso & GCP optimise service and production capacities in North America

29 June 2023, Published under Cement News

Chemical additive producers Chryso & GCP (Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals) have announced significant projects across North America to optimise services and extend production capabilities to new regions for its customers. To deliver the newly combined product solution portfolio to regions of North America where they are needed the most, the integration of manufacturing both CHRYSO and GCP products is underway. The first completion is the company’s Royse City, Texas plant, which now manu...

Admixtures and sustainability

28 February 2019, Published under Cement News

With reducing the environmental impact of cement manufacture high on the agenda for producers, sustainable cement additives based on renewable materials can contribute towards reducing a plant’s carbon footprint and lowering costs. By Leslie Buzzell, Alessandro Schibuola & Riccardo Stoppa, GCP Applied Technologies, USA. GCP announces the issuance of a patent for increasing the efficiency of cement grinding by using sustainable raw materials Modern cement producers face numero...