DGAP-News: Saint-Gobain Oberland AG / Key word(s): Strategic Company Decision/Investment Saint-Gobain Oberland AG: Restructuring of the business unit production facilities via Management-Buy-Out 23.10.2015 / 16:14 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bad Wurzach, October 23rd, 2015 - The container glass producer Saint-Gobain Oberland AG, known under the brand name Verallia, is reorganizing its business unit production facilities. Effective January 1st, 2016, GPS Glasproduktions-Service GmbH will become independent via Management-Buy-Out (MBO). The current General Manager Rolf Themann is taking over the responsibility for the medium-sized company. He was able to convince high performance and long-term-oriented private investors with business background. Saint-Gobain Oberland AG is selling this business unit, so that the experts of GPS could respond with more flexibility and with an even higher innovative approach to the needs and requirements of international container glass producers. Both companies - Saint-Gobain Oberland AG and GPS - will also have a strategic corporation in future. The business unit production facilities represented 3,6 % of the turnover of Saint-Gobain Oberland AG. The purchase price was not disclosed. Since 90 years, GPS Glasproduktions-ââService GmbH is developing and producing IS-Machines and components for the container glass production worldwide. The strategic objective remains: IS-Machines, Spare-parts, Services. Contact: Cornelia Banzhaf Public Relations Managerin OberlandstraÃe 88410 Bad Wurzach Tel.: 07564 - 18 255 e-Mail: cornelia.banzhaf@saint-gobain.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 23.10.2015 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Saint-Gobain Oberland AG OberlandstraÃe 88410 Bad Wurzach Germany Phone: 07564-18 255 Fax: 07564-18 461 E-mail: cornelia.banzhaf@saint-gobain.com Internet: www.saint-gobain-oberland.de ISIN: DE0006851603 WKN: 685160 Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (General Standard), Munich, Stuttgart; Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin End of News DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------- 405173 23.10.2015
DGAP-News: Saint-Gobain Oberland AG: Restructuring of the business unit production facilities via Management-Buy-Out
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