Compagnie De St-Gobain, ordinary share FR0000125007, SGO

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes building materials worldwide. The companys Innovative Materials segment offers flat glass, solar energy solutions, glass for photovoltaic applications, photovoltaic panels and sub-assemblies, and electrochrome glass. This segment also engages ...

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes building materials worldwide. The companys Innovative Materials segment offers flat glass, solar energy solutions, glass for photovoltaic applications, photovoltaic panels and sub-assemblies, and electrochrome glass. This segment also engages in processing glass for the building industry and domestic appliances, as well as for the automotive and mass transit markets; and provides high-performance materials that comprise ceramics, plastics, abrasives, performance polymers, and glass fabrics, as well as GlasGrid reinforcement grids and Novelio fiberglass paintable wall coverings. Its Construction Products segment offers interior solutions, such as plasterboard and lightweight construction systems; gypsum plasters, including formulated plasters for building and industrial applications; ceiling systems comprising insulating and acoustic solutions; and other products for interior fittings, as well as glass wool, rock wool, and insulating foams. This segment also provides exterior solutions consisting of asphalt shingle tiles for roofing, PVC clapboard, fiber cement sidings, barriers, balustrades, and terrace materials; external wall rendering, floor-tiling products, technical mortars, and insulation systems; and taps and other plumbing equipment, as well as ductile cast iron piping for drinking water distribution, irrigation, sanitation, and rain-water drainage. The companys Building Distribution segment distributes building materials for new-building, renovation, and home improvement markets. This segment offers plumbing, heating, and sanitary ware products; and tiles. Its Packaging segment offers glass containers, bottles, and jars for the food and beverage industry. The company was founded in 1665 and is headquartered in Courbevoie, France.