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Building Distribution

The Building Distribution Sector is the leading building materials distributor in Europe, the world's number one distributor for tiles.

Photos of some store chains: Jewson, Dahl, Point P, Raab Karcher, Lapeyre

It serves the new building, renovation and major building improvements markets. Its customers are sole traders and SMEs in the building trade, architects and advisers as well as private individuals working on their own projects.

Each one its store chains - whether they are generalists or specialists, aimed at professionals or the general public - contribute to the selling power of the entire network.
The Sector deploys best practices in all its host countries, while maintaining a high level of responsiveness to the local market.

The main store chains in the Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Sector include:

In France In the United Kingdom
POINT.P Matériaux de Construction
La Plateforme du Bâtiment
Cedeo
PUM Plastiques
Dispano
SFIC
Lapeyre
K par K
Jewson
Graham
International Timber
International Decoratives Surfaces
Minster
Greenworks
In Germany In the Scandinavian region
Raab Karcher
Muffenrohr
Oskar Huber
Gallhöfer
Dämmkauf
Optimera
Monter
Dahl

Key figures

- About 4,000 sales outlets in 26 countries.
- A workforce of more than 67,000.

Figures at end 2009