Cosentino North America is Florida-bound
CANTORIA, Spain – After two decades in Texas, the North American base for Cosentino is headed to Florida.
The Spanish surfaces producer will move its Cosentino North America operations from Sugar Land, Tex., in the Houston metroplex in mid-year to Coral Gables, Fla. In the Miami metropolitan area.
In a statement released today, the company noted the move would bring greater efficiency to the management of the North American market as well as better coordination both with the Group’s headquarters in Spain.
The company also lauded Miami as “an indispensable reference point” for prestigious architects and designers, as well as offering significant business opportunities and new projects.
Cosentino North America operated from the Houston suburb of Stafford, Tex., before moving to its Sugar Land facility in 2013.
“Since we opened the subsidiary in 1997, Houston has been an incredible place for our operations in the USA, and our business in the city as well as in Texas will continue to grow strongly in the coming years,” said Eduardo Cosentino, CEO of the North American division and executive vice president of global sales. “However, it is clear that, in order to sustain our growth and achieve greater efficiency, we need our corporate headquarters to be located in a global city, from where we can centralize management for the American continent.
“Without a doubt this move will help us in our objective of expanding even more in the USA over the coming years, consolidating our leadership and being able to meet the demands of this competitive market.”
The Cosentino Group, with its product line of natural stone, quartz surfaces (Silestone®) and sintered surfaces (Dekton®), currently has the widest sales and distribution network achieved by a Spanish company in the industrial sector in North America.
This network is mainly composed of 42 Cosentino Centers, with 36 U.S. locations and four in Canada. The company also operates” Cosentino City” showrooms and two distribution hubs.
The multinational has recently opened six new U.S. Cosentino Centers” combining the functions of warehouse, training center, offices and showroom. These launches positions Cosentino with its own facilities in half of the 50 states. In addition, two other Cosentino City Centers will open late next month in San Francisco a fifth Cosentino City will be in Miami’s Design District by mid-year.
North America currently represents 55% of Cosentino Group’s worldwide sales, and will employ 1.200 in the United States and Canada by the end of 2017.
The Cosentino Group currently distributes its products and brands in more than 80 countries, from its headquarters in Cantoria. Currently Cosentino is present in 32 countries, with its own assets in 29 of them. The group has seven factories (six in Spain and one in Brazil), one intelligent logistic platform in Spain, and more than 120 commercial and business units throughout the world. More than 90% of Cosentino Group’s annual revenues come from international markets.
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