Saint-Gobain acquires Solar Gard speciality films

摘要

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has signed an agreement with Belgium-based materials and coatings company Bekaert to buy Bekaert's speciality films business, which operates under the name Solar Gard Specialty Films.The transaction covers Solar Gard's production facilities in San Diego, California, USA; Zulte, Belgium; and Suzhou, China.Headquartered in Aurora, Ohio, USA, Saint-GobainPerformance Plastics is part of the Saint-Gobain group of companies. Bekaert acquired the Specialty Films business in 2001. "While the business continued to grow successfully, technological synergies within Bekaert have proven to be limited over time," the company said in a press release. "The