Flat glass manufacturer, Saint-Gobain Building Glass, has won the Strengthening People Through Business Award at the 2018 Glass Focus Awards, run by British Glass, which has also appointed Steve Severs, managing director of Saint-Gobain Building Glass, as its new president.
According to Saint-Gobain, the award win comes after the company commissioned a full review of its business processes, and then set about empowering local teams to build their vision of the best way to provide the service-driven delivery Saint-Gobain is committed to.
Staff were asked for ideas from current and previous workplaces and undertook a total of 1,300 hours of external training. A team of 35 documented the existing working practices, envisaged the ideal way forward, and was allowed to put this into reality.
Steve Severs said: “I am proud and honoured to take up the role as president of British Glass and help to continue to raise standards in the industry. I am also delighted that the team has won this award. Visibility and communication between disciplines has massively increased, together with respect for colleagues’ challenges and a willingness to work together. Despite exceptional market forces and multiple manufacturing issues, this has enabled strong decision making, higher levels of customer satisfaction, lower stocks and a much calmer, in-control mood in all corners of the business.”
The Glass Focus Awards aim to showcase the ‘outstanding breadth and quality of achievement’ in the glass industry and are organised by British Glass.
Steve Severs was also elected as the new president of British Glass for a two-year term, effective from January 1, 2019.
Mr Severs’ appointment will involve him joining the trade organisation’s board and working with industry colleagues to raise the profile of the industry as a whole. He will take over from Encirc managing director, Adrian Curry.
The glazing industry’s representative body, British Glass works with all parts of the supply chain to ensure that glass manufacturing, particularly in the UK, has the resources, influence and skills to remain commercially successful, innovative and sustainable.
