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2 ONE AMBITION: TO IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF ALL
5. A Group organization to serve customer and market needs
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Glass Sector
Provide our customers with effective 5.1.1
glass applications, contributing to
environmental protection: the Flat
A word from the President
comfort and safety to cater for their needs and the
needs of the end consumer, with an eye to quality and
environmental protection.” Patrick Dupin, President, Flat
Glass Sector
“In addition to a passion for glass, we are driven by 
providing our customers with modern solutions for
and uses the new opportunities afforded by digital to
enhance its services to customers.
for the building market, the automotive industry and
transport. These solutions address the challenges of energy
savings, aesthetics, comfort, ergonomics and safety and plan
ahead for changes in regulatory obligations. Flat Glass
develops products and services to suit local characteristics
Flat Glass combines the production and marketing of flat
glass, and the processing and distribution of glass solutions
window and interior decoration markets and to protect assets
and people. With a strong manufacturing base incorporating
recent carbon footprint-limiting technologies, and a
distribution network with unrivaled coverage, Saint-Gobain
aspires to be the partner of choice for its customers: installers,
processors, manufacturers, distributors and architects.
Saint-Gobain offers its customers innovative, effective glass
solutions for residential and non-residential sector
construction. These solutions are intended for the façade,
Glassolutions network of 200 processing and distribution
sites in Europe.
The Group responds to the needs of its European key
accounts with a dedicated structure and sales force for each
market segment. Additionally, it caters for the expectations of
its installer clients as closely as possible through its own
which turns opaque on demand when switched on, and the
variable-tint SageGlass® solutions, provided mainly for façade
projects. Lastly, it provides specialist products for household
appliances (EuroKera, a joint venture with Corning, is a world
co-leader in glass-ceramic cooking surfaces) and for
commercial refrigeration.
anti-corrosion treatment, etc.), and bulletproof and fireproof
glass (through its VETROTECH brand). Saint-Gobain also
offers a wide range of active glazing such as PRIVA-LITE,
Saint-Gobain’s glass solutions help to improve building
energy efficiency and user comfort: thermal insulation, solar
control, light transmission (with the new ECLAZ glazing in
particular), interior solutions and decoration (kitchen
worktops and colored splashbacks, shower screens with
Main brands Positioning
Provider of effective, esthetic glass solutions for more comfortable, safer living places
Processor and distributor of effective glass solutions for residential and non-residential sector construction
Expert in fireproof glazing and high-security solutions for building and marine applications
comfort
Electronically controlled, dynamic variable-tint glazing to maximize light, save energy and improve interior building
Thermal spacers for insulating glazing
motorists and responds to the changes in mobility in terms of
environment. Saint-Gobain is also active in the transportation
practices and regulations, particularly in the area of the
sectors, shipping, industrial vehicles and armored vehicles.
market, producing glass for the aerospace and railroad
automotive glass in the independent market and, under its
Finally, Saint-Gobain Autover distributes replacement
facilities.
Glassdrive brand, has a network of repair and replacement
windshields, side windows, rear windows, glass sun roofs and
Saint-Gobain Sekurit manufactures and produces
manufacturers. This glazing ensures everyday comfort for
pre-assembled modules for major global automotive
addition, a regional organizational structure also provides
to meet the needs of users and automobile manufacturers. In
specifics.
more local coordination and services in response to local
Saint-Gobain Sekurit offers global coverage for its activities,