France’s Bostik to set up flooring plant in Saudi Arabia

Adhesive specialist Bostik announced its plans to start its first production unit for flooring systems in Saudi Arabia, in partnership with Gerflor Middle East.

Bostik is a unit of Arkema, a specialty chemicals and advanced materials company headquartered in Paris.

The announcement was made during the signing of a manufacturing and distribution agreement between Bostik and Gerflor and the kick-off event for the first production unit in Saudi Arabia.

Both Bostik and Gerflor will support the development of their customers in the region by providing high-quality solutions, technical and logistics services, it said in a statement.

"We have launched a new initiative One Flooring Range with the ambition to supply solutions that are tailor-made to the professionals and consumers’ needs," Morgan Malecotte, Global Steering Unit Director, Wall & Floor System at Bostik, said.