Saint-Gobain, through Saint-Gobain Isover Austria (Construction Products Sector, Insulation), has purchased DBW srl, a leading Romanian producer of rock wool. Located in Ploiesti, approximately 60km north of Bucharest, DBW srl has sales of €5.6 million and close to 100 employees.

Saint-Gobain plans to invest €25 million locally to build a glass wool production line of approximately 20,000 tons. This investment will directly create 100 new jobs.

The Isover brand, a world leader in insulation, is already established and well-known in Romania thanks to a sales and marketing team based in the country for several years. This operation will boost Isover’s growth dynamics in Eastern Europe: half of the facility’s production output will be for the domestic market, while the other half will supply the countries in the region.