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Compagnie de SAINT-GOBAIN was founded in France by a determination of King Louis XIV in 1665, created by Colbert with the purpose of manufacturing the mirrors for the Versailles Palace. During that period, the company developed several other activities and implanted itself all over the world. Today, SAINT-GOBAIN is a multinational group, which manufactures technological materials. Diversified and a leader in its various activities, it transforms traditional materials, such as: glass, cast iron, plastic and ceramics. To these materials, the group aggregates all its knowledge and experience acquired along the last three centuries, in order to supply a modern market, with increasingly complex and demanding necessities.
Room of the Museum of the Louvre with glasses and mirrors Saint-Gobain

Profile of the group in the World

Presence in 64 countries
Number of Employees: 191.500
Turnover in 2009: 37,786 billion Euros

Internal sight of the pyramid of the Museum of the Louvre with Saint-Gobain glasses
Sector Activity
Flat Glass • Glass
• Automotive
Packaging • Packaging
• Doméstico
• Pumps and Sprayers
Construction
Products
• Pipe
• Produtos de Exterior
• Industrialized Mortars
• Insulation
• Gypsum

High Performance Materials

• Ceramics & Plastics
• Abrasives
Building Materials Distribution • Building Materials Distribution



The Saint-Gobain group is a world leader in its activities
 
Flat Glass No. 1 in Europe
No. 3 in the world
Insulation (Glass Wool) No. 1 in the world
Glass packaging No. 1 in Europe
No. 2 in the world
Ceramics and Plastics

No. 1 in the world for thermal and mechanical applications

Abrasives No. 1 in the world
Building Materials

No. 1 in Europe in covering and façade products
No. 1 the world in mortars for placing ceramic tiles

Gypsum Nº 1 in the world
Piping

No. 1 in the world in cast iron tubes

Distribution of Building Materials

No. 1 in Europe


For more information about the SAINT-GOBAIN Group, such as:
- Strategy in the world
- Organization
- Presence in the world
- Financial Information
- Other

Visit: www.saint-gobain.com


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