Building high-tech home comforts —— interview of Javier Gimeno on China Daily

2016-02-16

Recently, Saint-Gobain APAC General Delegate Javier Gimeno received an interview from China Daily,which published on 15 Feb, 2016 in Business Section.

Javier regards the year of 2015 as a prosperous one for Saint-Gobain China. Our 350th anniversary celebrations started with an event in Shanghai which made Saint-Gobain more widely known throughout the whole country. We were entitled “Top Employer” for the third consecutive years. The sales reached 1.4 billion euros ($1.50 billion) accounting for some 50 percent of Asia-Pacific's total. And our products were used massively to improve environment and provide comfort to end users.

Despite the ups and downs in the volatile China market, Javier exudes confidence as the market for Saint-Gobain products and solutions is expanding on the back of three factors: the Chinese middle class' growing aspirations for a better life style following the rise in their disposable income, the accelerating urbanization process, and the government's commitment to reform economic growth patterns.

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