SGT
FRANCE
SGT FRANCE
NATURALLY INNOVATIVE
Founded in 1981, SGT France (Société Générale des Techniques) is the Group’s headquarters, located in Rezé, Loire-Atlantique. The site covers more than 27,000 m², housing administrative offices, a Research & Development laboratory, a quality control center, and a production plant. The latter is one of the most modern in France, equipped with 26 PET preform injection presses.
In addition, the Chalon-sur-Saône site, inaugurated in November 2019, has 6 injection presses, further strengthening the Group’s industrial capacity and its proximity to customers.
SGT FRANCE
QUALITY CONTROL
Committed to innovation and performance, SGT France offers over 150 preform references, ranging from 10 ml to 5 liters, covering a wide variety of needs. Thanks to its integrated R&D department, the company continuously develops new solutions combining lightness, strength, and durability, while optimizing production costs and environmental performance.
SGT FRANCE
OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT
A pioneer in the use of rPET, SGT France benefits from its synergy with SGR (Société Générale de Recyclage), whose sites in Rezé and Chalon produce food-grade recycled PET. This complementarity enables SGT France to offer more responsible packaging solutions, meeting both customer expectations and the challenges of a circular and sustainable economy.
HISTORY – FROM PVC COMPOUNDS TO PET PREFORMS
Foundation of the family business, Société Générale des Techniques (SGT), in Rezé, Loire-Atlantique. Supply of food-grade PVC-compound packaging to bottlers.
Exportation and enlargement of SGT France’s customer base.
Launch of the PET preforms injection-moulding business to satisfy customer demand, using four presses.
Investment in ten new injection presses by SGT France.
Establishment of a subsidiary, “SGT Algérie SPA”, at Rouïba, Algeria, producing PET preforms and HDPE caps.
The Rezé site equipped with 16 presses, Rouïba with 15. SGT offers a standard product range of 155 preforms with different geometries.
Inauguration of a second production site in Setif, eastern Algeria. SGT France awarded FSSC 22000 certification.
Investment by SGT France in five new, latest-generation injection presses, including one dedicated to multilayer applications.
SGT Algérie SPA equipped with new injection presses for caps.
SGT Algérie awarded FSSC 22000 for its factories in Rouïba and Setif.
Enlargement of the Rezé site and start of construction work on the new preform factory at Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire.
Start-up of SGT Chalon-Sur-Saône with 5 lastes generation injection presses.
Launch of the SGR activity with the production of recycled food grade plastic named “CIRPET”.
The SGT Chalon-sur-Saône’s site is certified FSCC 22000.
SGT Chalon acquires its 6th injection press.
PRODUCTION PLANT
SGT France is endowed with a machine base incorporating the latest technological advances. Today, it has an annual production capacity of 3.5 billion preforms.
OUR PRODUCTS
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