Saint Gobain wants suppliers to slash rates

Taking advantage of slowdown and the general fall in prices we will renegotiate rates with our vendors for the Rajasthan project.However, I will not be able to comment on the price reduction that would happen,” Saint-Gobain India managing director B. Santhanam told reporters here on the sidelines of a seminar.



The company would ask the the suppliers who benefit from the price fall of crude oil, steel and other commodities to slash prices. There is scope for 10 percent reduction in purchase costs, he said.



In June this year, the company announced the 300,000-tonne plant at Bhiwadi, to be set up at an investment of Rs.10-billion. The new unit will take the company’s capacity to 750,000 tonnes per annum, as its Rs.15-billion unit at Sriperumbudur near here has a capacity of 450,000.



Asked about the impact of the slowdown on the company’s operations, he said: “We have increased market share to 41 percent as the concept of green building is catching up. Further, there is good demand from the solar energy sector.”

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