Riou will repackage its float glass
The company saw Riou Glass historic hours. After 15 years of service, the oven of Eurofloat plant near Lyon needs a major maintenance.
"THE ONLY INDEPENDENT LAUNCH FOUR"
Specializing in glass processing, the company installed near Pont-Audemer has engaged in a risky venture: producing its own glass to be completely autonomous. In 2008, the glass shortage pushes the founding president Pierre Riou to secure supplies. The group employs around 1,000 employees in six locations in France and four overseas (Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar) going one step forward in 2012 by partnering with Saint-Gobain. The redemption half the Eurofloat plant in Salaise-sur-Sanne (38) seals the covenant in terms of production.
For Eurois from nothing 38 years ago, the act is not trivial. "A marriage between people of the CAC 40 and a peasant's been a shock! "Jokes the contractor who last year received the prize" heart stroke "of the jury of the 25th Victoires Autodidactes. "Today, we are the only independent in France to launch an oven. Groups have already done, but not peasants "proudly insists, Pierre Riou, head of a company that generated € 165 million in turnover in 2015.
If these days are historic for Riou Glass, this also is investment that represents this new oven: € 26 million. They are in addition to € 50 million for the purchase of half of the plant, partly with the help of the Public Investment Bank. "I had the audacity to do so, I found the money," said Pierre Riou who claims to have perpetuated this site. "Employees [some 200 people, Editor's note] were skeptical. There was always a question mark over the future of the plant. "
If everything goes as agreed, Eurofloat proceed with the ignition on April 28, for a first glass poured on 19 May.
A project more in assets of this insatiable entrepreneur who does not stop there. "There is much to do in the United States and Canada," the boss slips 63 years. It opened, there is still a month using a company laying in Boulleville involved throughout France to help customers put large volumes. More no area is untouched by Riou Glass