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KEY FIGURES FOR THE PACKAGING SECTOR
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Sales of Euros 4 bn i.e 10% of total sales in 2006 |
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N°2 worldwide |
Coleader worldwide in all its glass container business sectors, the sector has two activities: the production and sale of bottles and jars for the food industry and bottles for the perfume and pharmaceutical sectors. This latter business has been sold in March 2007
By manufacturing lighter bottles in inventive new shapes, and improving production technology, Saint-Gobain provides effective solutions for the daily lives of customers and consumers.
"Saint-Gobain manufacturers over 30 billion bottles and jars a year for the food, perfume and pharmacy sectors."
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A PRESENCE ON INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
The Packaging sector has won leadership positions in Europe. The sector is also present in Brazil where it is the second largest national producer. In the United States, with Saint-Gobain Containers, a unit resulting from the merger following the acquisition of Ball Glass Corporation and Foster Forbes, the sector ranks second in North America.
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
The Packaging sector plays a major role in recovering waste glass in Europe. In France, near one glass bottle in two is recycled and nearly two out of three in Germany. The sector also dedicates major technology investments and projects to the control of glass furnaces.
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