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AS A PRODUCER, PROCESSOR AND DISTRIBUTOR OF MATERIALS (glass, ceramics, plastics, cast iron, etc.), Saint-Gobain transforms raw materials into advanced products for use in our daily lives, as well as developing tomorrow’s new materials.
Saint-Gobain operates in 54 countries worldwide, is one of the world’s hundred leading industrial corporations, and fields a workforce of over 207,000. Saint-Gobain is world leader in each of its competencies.
Saint-Gobain is listed on the stock markets in Paris, London, Frankfort, Zurich, Brussels, Amsterdam.
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A BALANCED AND DIVERSIFIED GROUP
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BREAKDOWN OF SALES PER SECTOR IN 2006 |
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SAINT-GOBAIN: FACTS THROUGH FIGURES
(2006 figures)
- A manufacturing or retail presence in 54 countries
- European and worldwide leader in all business sectors
- Saint-Gobain employs 207,000 people
- Euro 42 bn in Sales
- Euro 1.6 bn in Net Income
- Euro 3.3 bn in Self Financing
- Euro 2.2 bn in Industrial Investments
- Saint-Gobain devotes euro 366 million to Research and Development and fills with 260 new patents every year.
- At Saint-Gobain, 2 out of 3 employees work outside France.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT SAINT-GOBAIN...
| Was created in 1665 by Colbert and built the Hall of Mirrors at the Château de Versailles? |
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| Provides glass for fifty percent of all cars in Europe? |
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| Has equipped 80 capitals and more than one thousand 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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| Supplied the glass fiber needed to strengthen the bitumen the access platform to the Eurotunnel? |
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| Insulates one-fifth of all homes in the United States? |
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| Supplied the glass for the Louvre pyramid? |
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| Manufactures the crystals used in airport security detectors and for medical diagnosis? |
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