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Appointment of Distributor
Appointment of Distributor.
About this update from Alumasc Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n Alumasc Group PLC\n13 March 2006\n\n\n\n THE ALUMASC GROUP PLC\n\n Saint Gobain to distribute Gatic Slotdrain\n\nElkington GATIC, an Alumasc Building Products company, announces the appointment\nof Saint Gobain as the Continental European distributor of its highly innovative\nand internationally patented GATIC Slotdrain system. GATIC Slotdrain is a\ndurable line drainage system that offers significant cost saving benefits over\ntraditional drainage products.\n\nThe appointment of Saint Gobain is a key element in Elkington GATIC's strategic\nplan to develop the Continental European and international markets for GATIC\nSlotdrain and to build on its UK success where annual sales growth has averaged\n50% over the past four years.\n\nElkington GATIC is a world leader in the design and manufacture of high\nperformance engineered access cover systems, which have been successfully traded\nunder the GATIC brand for more than 70 years. GATIC is an acronym for Gas\nAirTight Inspection Covers.\n\nSaint Gobain is a producer, processor and distributor of glass, ceramics,\nplastics and cast iron products, with an annual turnover of 35 billion Euros. It\noperates in 50 countries worldwide, is one of the world's 100 leading industrial\ncorporations, is the world leader in each of its key competencies and fields a\nworkforce of 200,000.\n\nElkington GATIC and Saint Gobain are confident that the GATIC Slotdrain\ndistribution agreement will emulate the success they have enjoyed with the\nPametic 2 by GATIC range of engineered access covers, where sales in Continental\nEurope have trebled since the appointment of Saint Gobain as Continental\nEuropean distributor two years ago.\n\nEnquiries:\n\nThe Alumasc Group plc 01536 383844\nPaul Hooper (Chief Executive)\n\nBankside Consultants Limited\nCharles Ponsonby 020 7367 8851\n [email protected]\n\n\n\n\n This information is provided by RNS\n The company news service from the London Stock Exchange\n ","length":2153,"tagName":"div"}]