For The Government of Catalonia Office of Foreign Investment (CIDEM).BARCELONA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1996-- Saint Gobain For the company, see . Saint Gobain (died 670), also known as Goban, was an Irish Benedictine monk and spiritual student of Saint Fursey at Burgh Castle, Norfolk, England. Born in Ireland. Selects Catalonia as Site for New Glass Container Manufacturing Facility --- Cites Strong Market Demand as Key to Decision The government of the Spanish region of Catalonia's Office of Foreign Investment (CIDEM CIDEM Center for Inherited Disorders of Energy Metabolism ) has announced that the Saint Gobain Group, the leading French manufacturer of glass and fiberglass products, has committed US$71 million for the construction of a new glass packaging manufacturing facility in Montblanc, near Tarragona. This new facility will have a production capacity of 120,000 tons per year. In confirming this investment decision, Mr. Claude Imauven, Saint Gobain's General Manager for Spain and Portugal, said that this new plant is being established to meet the strong demand of the wine and food processing Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans or animals. The food processing industry utilises these processes. companies located in southern Catalonia. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Imauven, this new facility will create 100 direct jobs and an additional 50 indirect jobs. In making the announcement, Mr. Jordi Giro giro Noun pl -ros 1. (in some countries) a system of transferring money within a bank or post office, directly from one account into another 2. , Director of European Operations for CIDEM, said that while his agency led the effort to attract this new investment, it was supported by the municipal government of Montblanc in discussions with Saint Gobain. "This important investment by a leading European manufacturer is an affirmation of the attractiveness of Catalonia as a first-rate industrial center and the pro-business environment that has been created throughout our region," said Giro. The Saint Gobain Group designs, manufactures, and sells high-valued glass and fiberglass products, water mains, building materials Building materials used in the construction industry to create . These categories of materials and products are used by and construction project managers to specify the materials and methods used for . , glass packaging and ceramics. The firm is a leader in each of its business segments and has approximately 80,000 employees throughout the world. Catalonia is Spain's "industrial heartland" and is one of Europe's new centers of development. More than 2,500 international companies have established operations in Catalonia. CONTACT: Mr. Carles Valero Director for CIDEM, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Tel: (212) 755-8830 |
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