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Oct 5 Southeastern Asset Management, a shareholder group with a stake in Swiss chemicals company Sika AG, reaffirmed its support for the current board on Monday after controlling shareholders renewed efforts to oust the board after a failed attempt…
Saint-Gobain has signed an agreement with the investment fund Palero GmbH to sell Gallhöfer Dach GmbH, its specialist roofing product distributor in Germany which reported sales of €149 million in 2014.
French multinational Saint-Gobain Group has delayed its plan to build an automotive glass production facility in the country this year as national car sales are forecast to hit a three-year low amid an economic slowdown.
We launch our new website! We are pleased to present you the new Saint-Gobain Sekurit website.    With this new website, we aim at being more visible, more friendly and in harmony with who we are: an innovative automotive supplier.
Swiss fashion clothing retailer Modissa AG is using electronically tintable SageGlass®, a product of Saint-Gobain, to improve the shopping experience by optimizing daylight and outdoor views at its flagship store in Zürich, while preserving the…
To mark the Group’s anniversary, Pierre-André de Chalendar, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, rang the bell to open the European financial markets at Euronext Paris, on September 17.
Euronext, the primary exchange in the Euro zone, today celebrated the 350th anniversary of Saint-Gobain (ticker code SGO), whose Chairman and CEO rang the bell opening trading on Euronext Paris to mark the day.
Saint-Gobain welcomes the COMCO’s decision issued today which has unconditionally authorized Saint-Gobain's acquisition of control over Sika.
Saint-Gobain has signed an agreement to sell its distribution business (Norandex) in the US to ABC Supply Co., Inc., the leading distributor of roofing and siding products.   Norandex has a network of 103 branches specializing in windows, doors,…
Asia’s largest Building Integrated Organic PV (BIOPV) First installation of HeliaFilm® completed in Singapore Phase 1 successfully installed on Seletar Walkway    The first phase of Heliatek’s pilot project in Singapore has been successfully…
With a nearly 350 year’s tradition, the French Saint-Gobain Group developed four major business activities: products for construction, distribution for the building industry, innovative materials, and packaging.
The Swiss Federal Administrative Court definitely confirms the validity of the clause in Sika’s by-laws (“opt-out”) exempting Saint-Gobain from making a mandatory public takeover bid.
France has just approved a new law that requires all new buildings to be covered partially with solar panels or green roofs  This mandatory requirement is already in place in some European capitals like Copenhagen, and reinforces the idea of energy…
The most important sector exhibition will take place in Atlanta between the 16 and 18 of September - Onyx Solar will be exhibiting its photovoltaic glass in the most important exhibition in the glass industry at the booth #2110.
MASTERGLASS from Saint-Gobain Glass is a contemporary range of six design glasses with geometric patterns for applications that may be subject to the rigours of higher commercial personnel traffic such as hotels and offices, but in which…
Onyx Solar presented the project “The Autonomous Office” during this congress, which has been financed by the European Commission through the LIFE program.
Made in the USA since 1935, Wasco is the oldest and largest skylight manufacturer in the industry.  Now with two locations serving the entire country, with its home office in Wells, ME and a new western facility in Reno NV, putting it less than 24…
MASTERGLASS from Saint-Gobain Glass is a contemporary range of six design glasses with geometric patterns for applications that may be subject to the rigours of higher commercial personnel traffic such as hotels and offices, but in which…
A unique new texture that lends a new dimension to cast glass, is responsible for the equally surprising and alluring look of the new design glass SGG MASTER-SOFT from Saint-Gobain Glass.
Heliatek, the Dresden-based German company that produces ultra-light, flexible and less than 1 mm thick Photovoltaic solar films, was on 5 August 2015 awarded as one of the World Economic Forum's "technology pioneers", a selection of…
Two examples of design and construction excellence on display at Vitrum 2015: London’s Shard of Glass (designed by Renzo Piano) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Tbilisi, Georgia (designed by Michele De Lucchi).
The École Française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO) in Kyoto, Japan, also known as the French School of Asian Studies, is using electronically tintable SageGlass® from Saint-Gobain to control natural light and heat gain in the eco-friendly building while…
Looking back on PEM’s long lasting successful history of re-designing existing glass stirrers, PEM asked the following questions: Which geometries make for the best possible homogenisation result?   Which design achieves this with the least…
The workplace is witnessing a sea change, from the way exteriors are being showcased to the manner in which interiors are being designed.
With a product launch almost every other month for the last year, Saint-Gobain’s Interior Glass range continues to grow and gain momentum.