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Home > Company Index > Retail > Building Materials & Gardening Supplies Retailing & Wholesale > Saint-Gobain Building Distribution

Saint-Gobain Building Distribution
 PROFILE
Timber! It's a primary concern for Saint-Gobain Building Distribution (formerly Meyer International). Through about 550 Jewson and Graham stores, it is a top UK timber and builder's merchant chain, supplying materials mostly to small builders. It also runs more than 170 Hire Point and Eveready Hire Centres equipment rental outlets in the UK. Its specialist products division supplies niche materials in the UK and the Netherlands. Its USA branch supplies laminate products to cabinetmakers in North America, imports and distributes panel and timber products, and runs about 70 RentX tool rental centers. French glass and building materials group Compagnie de Saint-Gobain owns nearly 80% of Saint-Gobain Building Distribution.

 COMPETITION
Castorama-Dubois Investissements (CY)
Travis Perkins plc (TPK)
Wolseley plc (WOS)

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: March
2000 Sales (mil.): 3,582.50
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 73.2%
Employees: 18,500
Revenue per employee: $193,648.65

 KEY PEOPLE
• Pierre-André de Chalendar
    CEO
• Bill Buys
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
Aldwych House, 81 Aldwych
London WC2B 4HQ, United Kingdom
Phone: 44-20-7400-8888
Fax: 44-20-7400-8787
Online: Web Site

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