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Introduction
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| Saint-Gobain
as a Producer, Processor, and Distributor of Materials |
Saint-Gobain specializes in the design, production
and distribution of functional materials, including glass for
the automotive and construction industries, bottles, pipes,
mortars, plaster, refractory ceramics, and crystals.
The Group is organized into 5 business sectors: Flat Glass,
Packaging, Construction Products, Building Distribution, and
High-Performance Materials. Established in more than 50 countries,
Saint-Gobain is the market leader in each of its core businesses.
It is among the Global 5 hundred companies (116th in 2007) and
is among the world's hundred leading industrial corporations.
Saint-Gobain is listed on the stock markets in Paris, London,
Frankfort, Zurich, Brussels, Amsterdam. |
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Did
you know that SAINT-GOBAIN ? |
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Was created in 1665 by Colbert
and built the Hall of Mirrors at the Chateau de Versailles? |
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Supplied the glass for the
Louvre pyramid? |
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Supplied the glass fiber needed
to strengthen the bitumen the access
platform to the Eurotunnel? |
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Provides glass for fifty percent
of all cars in Europe? |
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Insulates one-third of all
homes in Europe and one-fifth in the United
States? |
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Has equipped 80 capitals and
more than 1000 major cities throughout the
world with water supply ducts? |
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Manufactures 30 billion bottles,
flasks and jars a year? |
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Manufactures the crystals
used in airport security detectors and for
medical diagnosis? |
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Key
Figures |
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More than 1200 consolidated companies |
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Industrial operations in 50 countries |
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It employs about 200,000 people worldwide |
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Euro 42.1 billion in sales |
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Euro 1.6 billion in net profit |
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Euro 3.4 billion in self financing |
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Euro 2.2 billion in industrial investments |
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Saint-Gobain devotes euro 345 million to research
and development |
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At Saint-Gobain, 2 out of 3 employees work outside
France |
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Our
Markets |
Flat
Glass |
N° 1 European producer, N°3world producer |
Packaging |
N° 1 european producer, N°2 world producer
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Ceramics |
N° 1 world producer for thermal and mechanical
applications |
Abrasives |
N° 1 world producer |
Reinforcements |
N° 1 world producer |
Building
Materials |
N° 1 European producer for industrial mortars
N° 2 world producer for roofing & cladding products.
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Pipelines |
N° 1 world producer for ductile iron pipes
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Insulation |
N° 1 world producer |
Gypsum |
N° 1 world producer |
Building
Distribution |
N° 1 european distributor of building materials
N° 2 world distributor for tiles |
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The
Abrasive Division |
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The
Flat Glass Sector |
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Gypsum
Interior
Coating of an Auditorium. |
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Industrial
Mortars
One
Layer Coating. |
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