Châteauroux, France: SMVB, the last glazier of the Indre area, France
Chateauroux. Dominique and Claudie Maisonnier took over the Mirroiterie Glazier du Berry (ex-Montoya) in 2015, and created SMVB Menuiseries last year.
Do not tell Dominique Maisonnier that a broken mirror is seven years of misfortune. The manager of the Mirroiterie Glazier du Berry is not superstitious. In 2015, with his wife, Claudie, this Limougeaud takes over SMVB (1), company located avenue Pierre-de-Coubertin, Châteauroux: "It's continuity because originally, it was the company Gérard et André Montoya which existed for more than fifty years.
"A local company on a human scale" After major renovations and the creation of a showroom, Dominique Maisonnier founded, in September 2017, SMVB Menuiseries, in partnership with the national network La Boutique du Menuisier. "There were four employees at the time of the recovery; today, we will soon be eight and I hope to be able to recruit experienced installer installers and a quantity meter in the future ", announces the manager of the miroiterie castelroussine. A development that follows essential investments: "A straight machine to make polished joints and a double head drill for glass and we plan to invest in cutting tables, about 50,000 € and 130,000 €, soon". At 54, Dominique Maisonnier is the man of the glass and the mirror: "Ten years at Saint-Gobain then in carpentry within the company Huis-Clos. I was also director of a large renewable energy company, bought by Suez, but I wanted a human-sized and local company. " SMVB makes its happiness to become the only miroiterie of the Indre, family and independent business.
For the glass activity, SMVB meets all the demands: laminated, showcases. "This is our main activity. We tailor-made for professionals and also individuals with our largest tray that ranges from 3.50 m to 6 m long and we also assemble aluminum, wood and PVC frames. We work. "
Mirror activity today represents 20% of the SMVB figure with real novelties that appeal to customers, "especially glasses credence, lacquered glass any color that can be used in the decoration of kitchens or bathrooms". SMVB, the reflection of a great success.
