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On July 10, 2009, Chief Executive Officer Pierre-André de Chalendar inaugurated in the presence of José Socrates, Portugal's Prime Minister and Fernando Texeira dos Santos, Minister of Economy and Innovation, Saint-Gobain’s first and largest…
SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER G+H AG was able to increase its sales by 3.9% to 379 mill. Euros in the 2008 financial year.
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STRONGSVILLE, Ohio, July 6, 2009 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has introduced Audioguard coating – a waterborne, spray-applied coating that provides vibration damping and reduces vehicle noise – for commercial coatings customers.
Organized by the Chinese Ceramic Society, the 20th China International Glass industrial Technical Exhibition (China Glass 2009) was successfully held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre on May 13-16, 2009.
Saint-Gobain’s newly redeveloped Innovation Centre in London Docklands opened its doors to customers this month as the company hosted a series of sessions designed to provide architects, specifiers and contractors with the chance to view products…
Saint-Gobain Glass has clocked up 1.5 million man-hours without reporting a ‘lost-time’ incident, which includes accidents.
Saint-Gobain shareholders responded favorably to the dividend reinvestment option, with 64.8% of the total dividend to be paid in stock.
Leading sealed unit supplier Cristal Glass and Glazing (Leicester) Ltd has switched to Swisspacer V for its top performance.
Saint-Gobain Glass has been ranked as one of the UK's greenest businesses in this year's Sunday Times Best Green Companies.
Saint-Gobain today signed, with a large group of 24 banks*, a revolving credit facility for an amount of Euro 2.5 billion with a 3 year maturity (June 2012).
Coatings with neutral appearance to reduce heat load for comfort, lower operating costsPARIS, June 12, 2009 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace transparencies business is developing coating technology for aircraft cockpit and passenger-cabin…
Insulating glass with blind system is a new energy-efficient product, which installs the blind inside of the Sealed insulating glass.
French investment group Wendel (MWDP.PA) said on Friday June 5, 2009 it remained a committed shareholder of building materials company Saint Gobain (SGOB.
The Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain’s was held today, June 4, 2009, in Paris.
Donna Dickinson has been named Vice President of Development and Recruitment for the North American businesses of Saint-Gobain, the world’s largest building materials company.
JAIPUR: Land allotment for the ambitious Rs 1,000 crore Saint-Gobain greenfield float glass making plant slated to come up in Bhiwadi has been completed.
For the fifth year in a row, Saint-Gobain will be attending the European Research and Innovation Exhibition that will be held from June 3 to 5, at the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Center in Paris (France).
Jewson, the UK’s leading supplier of sustainable timber and building materials, has scooped four Silver Awards from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) in their annual Occupational Health and Safety Awards – a coup that…
For years now, Fenzi’s focus on environmental protection has been one of the distinguishing features of the company, a world leader in chemical products designed specifically for the secondary processing of flat glass.
Thermoseal Group is set to be the UK nationwide distributor of ScreenLine® Integrated Blinds – an advanced tilting and lifting blind system which is encapsulated within a double glazing unit and operated without compromising the unit’s hermetic seal.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain today set the terms of its new EUR 750 million 4 year bond issue with an annual coupon of 6.00%.
Glass repair and replacement specialist Solaglas Windowcare has marked a busy and successful year with an event to update employees on the business’s strategy as it goes for growth.
Weber, leading manufacturer for the facades, construction mortars, flooring systems and tile fixing markets, has introduced a comprehensive Guide to external wall insulation (EWI) systems for the refurbishment market.
Saint-Gobain’s consolidated sales for first-quarter 2009 came in at €8,782 million, compared with €10,301 million for the year-earlier period.