Karim and Jamila Benhamouda are planning the construction of a hangar to shelter the materials they sell; granules and cements.
We are not complaining from BS Distribution in Trèbes, far from it. The manager-owners Karim Benhamouda and his wife Jamila are also showing good commercial health. What delights them. However, to sustain their business, they need a shelter to store their goods.
Both are native to the region. Karim was born in Lastours, Jamila in Trèbes. They are therefore well-known characters. They live in the town where, for nearly thirty years, the facades of the houses have known their know-how.
Karim, a former facade maker, moved to the roundabout of Europe, in the pellet and cement trade in 2015. His immediate neighbors are the Super U, the Peugeot garage or even Vallet rental, the company is not therefore not isolated. He is a connoisseur of his products. He admits to having a vertiginous progression of his activity, but here it is, he must imperatively find a way to put his goods out of water.
An increase of twenty-five percent
The place, he already owns it. He has owned it since the end of 2020, after a rental which allowed him to welcome his clients who come for advice, or simply find the right way to apply the plasters.
Now he wants to set up an open warehouse where his products will no longer be subjected to the harsh weather conditions. “ For us it is an obligation to grow “, hopes the manager, open to any discussion, which would allow their file to move forward. “ We have a growth of more than twenty-five percent per year ; welcoming our customers and finding facilities that suit them is our goal. Our concern is to stay in Trèbes, a city we like. The place we have it, the shelter would be 200 square meters. Which would bring our retail space to 320 square meters “, specifies Jamila Benhamouda, who hopes for a slight derogation to get her head out of the water.
Welcome and advice
The project is to expand the company’s workforce. Currently three employees take care of customers, without a real office, but the warmth of the welcome attracts more and more people to take advantage of their experience. “ I like the contact and relations with our buyers, I like to follow the progress of young people in their companies “. Karim travels even when needed. “ I love my job, I help find the right tools, we fight “, finishes the reseller of facade plaster, who hopes that his file will be examined with kindness.
A year, more than four thousand tons pass through his company for a turnover of more than one million euros.
An exchange of letters took place between the owners of the premises and the person in charge of the economic development of the Agglo Carcassonnais.
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