The Weber brand embraces the different companies that operate under its banner
A large network of point of sales supported by more than 200 production units in 46 countries.
Weber history
- 1900 Both companies Weber et Broutin were founded in France in the early 20th century. George Weber and Jean-Baptiste Broutin made gypsum and lime based façade renders in their factories in Paris. They merged in 1927.
- 1946 After world war 2, the company expanded into the reconstruction market.
- 1970 It became part of the Poliet group in 1970, and gradually expanded.
- 1982 In 1982 Weber et Broutin started to develop on European markets.
- 1990 Weber accelerates its European expansion: Italy, Germany, Eastern Europe...
- 1996 Weber joined the Saint-Gobain group. The company became Saint-Gobain Weber.
- 1998 Take over of Quartzolit and Concreto in South America. At the same time, Asia became Weber’s second development zone outside Europe, with operations in Thailand, China, and Malaysia.
- 2008 Saint-Gobain acquired Maxit Group, extending the presence of Weber to Nordic countries and Baltic, whilst reinforcing it in
Germany, Benelux, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and China. - 2009 Saint-Gobain Weber, finalized a joint-venture agreement with SODAMCO in Middle East, extending the operations to
Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UEA, and Qatar, and opening good opportunities of development in this region.
OUR PRINCIPLES OF ACTION
- Local knowledge based on international experience
while profiting from an international presence in 46 countries, we maintain a de-centralised team structure which focuses on local specification and the local market condition.
- Proximity with our customers
- A network of flexible and local plants to make our products and services more accessible
- A strong knowledge of our customer's job to better answer their needs
- An innovation process which deeply involves our customers to guarantee efficiency, quality and competitiveness
- Useful Innovation
- Solutions rather than products supported by relevant services
- No worry products, polyvalent solutions, productivity on the jobsites
- Strong training programs for our customers on our new solutions
- Environmental focused approach
- Products made of selected components
- Complete insulation offer for facade to limit energy consumption
- Limited road traffic thanks to our network of plants
