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Turnover: 1.9 billion EUR (2022)

Country: France

Construction: Plattard enters the timber sector with Samse's support 06/03/2023

Samse is a minority shareholder (35%) in Plattard, and last year already set up a joint subsidiary, Fibopan, combining the distribution networks of Henry Timber, Mauris Bois, Socobois and Ollier Bois
Plattard, one of the leading concrete manufacturers in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, has teamed up with Grenoble-based distributor Samse to integrate a wood and carpentry production facility, the Provvedi sawmill in Saint-Nizier-d'Azergues (Rhône), which employs 60 people.
This forestry operator, sawyer and processor specializing in Douglas fir generates sales of €10 million.
Plattard has sales of €260 million and 620 employees
Samse operates 350 outlets and employs 6,150 people, with sales of €1.9 billion.

Group with over 6400 employees
Samse is France's^leading independent distributor of building and housing materials.
Its development has largely been based on a policy of external growth
it has a network of banners in 55 départements, mainly in the south and east of France.
It is primarily geared towards professional customers.
The group's largest subsidiaries include Samse (81 branches in south-eastern France), Doras (48 branches) and M+ Matériaux (47 branches).
Herige VM Matériaux sells its trading arm to Samse (79 stores, 1,155 employees, sales of 383.5 million euros)
samse currently has 6,400 employees and 350 sales outlets, with sales of 1.9 billion euros.

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