The Saint-Gobain Group confirmed recently that it is reviewing strategic options for its speciality bottles business (Saint-Gobain Desjonqueres & subsidiaries). The Group's review, which was notified to the Central Works Committee 14 Sept, is aimed at strengthening the leading position of this business on the worldwide speciality bottles market. This could result in one or more partnerships with industrial or financial investors. Saint-Gobain Desjonqueres & its subsidiaries are part of the Group's Packaging sector. Desjonqueres was acquired in the 1960s & has seen rapid expansion within the Group, both in France & abroad. In 2005, the speciality bottles business delivered sales of around EUR 550M, with production sites in France, Germany, Spain, the US, Brazil, China & Russia, backed by a global sales network.
