The Construction Products Business Sector is comprised of the Insulation, Pipe, Industrial Mortars, Exterior Products and Gypsum activities. The richness and diversity of the sector’s businesses offer a tailored solution to every requirement in the field:

- thermal and sound insulation
- siding
- roofing
- interior and exterior construction and renovation
- pipe.


A GLOBAL LEADER

Insulation

 Gypsum

 Pipes
N°1 worldwide
N°1 worldwide in plaster board and gypsum plasters
N°1 worldwide in ductile iron pipes

Industrial Mortars

 Exterior products
N°1 worldwide in wall coatings and glues for tiling
N°1 in US for sidings
N°3 in US for roofing products


KEY FIGURES


 •  SALES
(in mns of euros)
 •  OPERATING INCOME
(in mns of euros)
*1 month in 2005

 •  BREAKDOWN OF SALES
BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA
 •  BREAKDOWN OF SALES
PER MARKET

 •  KEY CONSOLIDATED FIGURES
(in mns of euros)
2005
2006
Sales
6,694
10,876
Operating income
614
1,376
Cash flow from operations
559
1,048
Capital expenditure
358
846