The Specialty Reinforcements Group is an entity
of Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America
Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America is a company of SAINT-GOBAIN
WORLDWIDE
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 49 countries worldwide, is one of the world’s
hundred leading industrial corporations, and fields a workforce
of over 180,000. 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.
Facts
through figures
- More than 1200 consolidated companies
- A manufacturing or retail presence in more than 49 countries
- European and worldwide leader in all business sectors
- Saint-Gobain employs 180,000 people
- Euro 32 bn in Sales
- Euro 1 bn in Net Income
- Euro 2.6 bn in Self Financing
- Euro 1.5 bn in Industrial Investments
- Saint-Gobain devotes euro 345 million to Research and Development
and fills with 240 new patents every year.
- At Saint-Gobain, 2 out of 3 employees work outside France
Did
you know that Saint-Gobain...
- Provides glass for fifty percent of all cars in Europe?
- Has equipped 80 capitals and more than one thousand major cities
throughout the world with water supply ducts?
- Manufactures 30 billion bottles, flasks and jars a year?
- Insulates one-fifth of all homes in the United States?
- Manufactures the crystals used in airport security detectors and
for medical diagnosis?
Saint-Gobain has had a major presence in the United States and Canada
since 1967, beginning with a joint venture with CertainTeed Corporation,
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Since 1990, it has vastly increased
its presence through an aggressive program of acquisition and internal
development.
Saint-Gobain's
businesses in the United States and Canada now account for 19 percent
of the company's worldwide sales and 18 percent of its employees.
In
North America:
Employees : 25,373 Sales: $7.1 billion Plant Locations: Approx. 180 Headquarters:
Saint-Gobain Corporation
P.O. Box 860
750 E. Swedesford Road
Valley Forge, PA 19482