Recently, Simon Fourniau, General Manager of Saint-Gobain Chemical Building Materials North Asia, and his delegation visited China Cement Network, where they were warmly received by Shao Jun, Chairman of China Cement Network, and received an exclusive interview with China Cement Network.
Simon Fourniau said that China's current cement and concrete market demand is declining significantly, and market competition is intensifying, which also has a certain impact on the sales of chemical building materials. However, as the proportion of chemical building materials is still increasing, especially related to low-carbon materials, there is still considerable potential.
Simon Fourniau pointed out that since joining the Chinese market for decades, Saint-Gobain has continued to focus on the development and sustainable development of new materials. At present, the most important thing is to fully understand the needs of customers and ensure that the same frequency supports their development strategy. On the one hand, Saint-Gobain will prepare for the future through innovative technology, on the other hand, it will work hard to enhance its market competitiveness. According to
Simon Fourniau, following the acquisition of CHRYSO in 2021, Saint-Gobain completed the acquisition of Kisper & nbsp; in 2022 Acquisition of (GCP). By merging these two large chemical building materials companies, Saint-Gobain has achieved complementary advantages, not only demonstrating good performance, enhancing R & D capabilities and expanding global influence, but also setting clear strategic objectives for sustained growth in this field, thus opening a new chapter.
Simon Fourniau pointed out that Saint-Gobain announced on June 27, 2024 that it had reached a final agreement to acquire FOSROC. FOSROC is a large chemical building materials company with business activities mainly in the Middle East, India, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. The acquisition is expected to close in mid-2025 (subject to customary closing conditions). In terms of
energy saving and carbon reduction, Simon Fourniau introduced that Saint-Gobain's recently launched EnviroAdd ® new generation activator enables cement producers to use admixtures (SCM). Alternative materials to partially replace the cement clinker . These innovative products provide customers with customized, cost-effective and sustainable solutions that are expected to reduce their carbon footprint by up to 11% while guaranteeing excellent cement performance.
Simon Fourniau points out that chemical building materials can not only optimize the clinker content in cement or concrete, but also promote the development of new building technologies and materials, and even reduce the clinker content to 0%.
It is understood that the innovation team of Saint-Gobain Chemical Building Materials Business Department and its branches in advanced markets such as Europe have demonstrated the strong R & D capability to achieve the industry's net zero carbon emission target and fulfill Saint-Gobain Group's commitment to "achieve net zero carbon emission by 2050". In 2023 alone, CHRYSO ® and & nbsp; GCP ® products helped customers in 81 countries around the world achieve CO2 emission reductions of up to & nbsp; 15 million tons.
