Groupe SEB is mobilizing worldwide, donating products, producing alcohol-based hand sanitizer and respirators. As a company, Groupe SEB is committed to acting as a corporate citizen.
Support for healthcare professionals
In light of the COVID-19 crisis, Groupe SEB has quickly pulled together in a strong spirit of solidarity. The Group is showing commitment across the globe.
In France, the Group donated 30,000 FFP2 masks to the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional health agency. On March 16, the masks were sent out to healthcare institutions and professionals who are fighting COVID-19. In the next few days, further delivery of roughly the same number of masks is scheduled for the Civil Hospices of Lyon.
Groupe SEB also donated several thousand electric kettles and coffee machines in an effort to equip the 39 hospitals that belong to the Paris university hospital trust (Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris [AP-HP]).
Leveraging the Group's expertise and manufacturing base
In its drive for real impact in the fight against the epidemic, Seb is committed to providing access to its expertise and manufacturing base while the Group's production sites in France are closed.
Hand sanitizer production
The Group's plant in Rumilly (Haute-Savoie, France) has started producing alcohol-based hand sanitizer, with the support of the site's health department. Destined for its employees still in operation but the Group is working on the possibility to increase its production in the very short term in order to support healthcare professionals.
Respirator production
The Group is a member of a consortium of industrial groups headed up by Air Liquide whose goal is to increase their production capacity, with a target of 10,000 respirators by mid-May.
Groupe SEB is also working on other initiatives in this area, mainly around the production of a model of respirators using vacuum cleaner engines, in collaboration with EPITA, a French engineering school, and a retired ER physician whose son attends the school.
3D printing
A project related to the possible production of face shields using 3D printing for hospital employees in France is being studied.
Commitment to being a corporate citizen
The Group has launched a number of corporate social initiatives alongside its manufacturing efforts.
Having a strong foothold in China, the Group started at the beginning of the epidemic, through its subsidiary Supor, to offer water and air purifiers to a charitable organization in Wuhan, pledging RMB 5 million (around €650,000). 80,000 children's masks were also contributed to several organizations in the Group's locations.
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The world leader in Small Household Equipment, SEB S.A. relies on 35 flagship brands (Tefal, Seb, Rowenta, Moulinex, Krups, Lagostina, All-Clad, WMF, Emsa, Supor, etc.) and a broad product portfolio:
- cookware: frying pans, saucepans, pressure cookers, utensils, etc.;
- small culinary appliances: items for electric cooking (deep fryers, rice cookers, pressure cookers, etc.), beverage preparation (coffee makers, kettles, etc.) or food preparation (blenders, food processors, etc.);
- small non-culinary household appliances: linen care equipment (irons, steam generators, steamers, steamers, etc.), vacuum cleaners, fans, and personal care equipment (hairdressing and depilation appliances, etc.).
At the end of 2023, the group operated 41 manufacturing sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Western Europe (34.1%), Europe/Middle East/Africa (15.2%), China (27.9%), Asia (7%), North America (10.9%) and South America (4.9%).
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