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COMPANY PRESENTATION
Company presentation

sons, this represents and inten- The Group is also very interest- turnover values of around EUR
tion to be kept and maintained. ed in the possible future develop- 140/150 million.
ment of the North American mar- This already represents impor-
Of course, you have clients ket (short term) and the African tant growth from the origins of
worldwide but in this moment is market (medium/long term). our internationalization plan in
there any market more interesting 1998, when Lizmontagens pre-
than others? What are the company’s future sented EUR 6 million of services
Our Group presents now a very projects and strategies, in outline? sold to the market.
global pattern of activity, being Being considered the global The increment has been grad-
able to serve the most important leader in terms of the glass mar- ual during the years and obtained
customers in all world markets. ket, we can expect during the through internal development or
The European market is still next 3 to 5 years to be able to: external growth by acquisitions.
the basis of our activity for the - strongly consolidate a full For 2017, we expect to be
simple understandable reason industrial position in key able to attain a value of around
that it is the ground for the devel- European markets; EUR 160/170 million, which
opment capacities of our workers - develop global solutions in also includes some companies
and managers. terms of the glass container which are not part of (for several
We are of course very moti- industry. reasons) our consolidated bal-
vated by the Asian market, which ance sheet.
requires a totally different type of What is your current turnover,
organization (and challenge) by have you seen growth in the last What is the biggest part of your
the need to discover and invest years? What are the forecasts for work: construction, maintenance
on suitable local partners able to the future? or repair of furnaces?
accept our principles and ready to In the past couple of years We can say that the compa-
establish long term partnerships. our Group presented consolidate nies of our Group divide quite

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