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Main brands
Positioning
SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT
Innovative security glazing to make the automobile into a comfortable living space
SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT TRANSPORT
Specialist glazing for the railroad industry, trucks, buses and coaches, and tractor and machine operator’s cabs
SAINT-GOBAIN SULLY
High-performance transparencies for the aerospace and naval industries, and armored vehicles
SAINT-GOBAIN AUTOVER
Distribution of replacement glazing and related products for businesses in the automotive after-sales market
European network of fixed and mobile assembly stations for automotive glazing repair, fitting and replacement
French network of specialist automotive glazing repair, fitting and replacement franchise operators
Main competitors
NSG (Japan)
Asahi (Japan)
Guardian (United States)
Sisecam (Turkey)
Various Chinese glass manufacturers
difference: High-Performance
Together we make a material
5.1.2
Materials
A word from the President
“Together, we make a material difference: working with
differentiated solutions that improve the performance
our customers and partners, we design and produce
healthcare and manufacturing sectors.”
Laurent Guillot,
of our customers in the automotive, aerospace,
President, High-Performance Materials Sector
considerable expertise in a range of technologies, giving it the
needs.
ability to design solutions tailored to its customers’ specific
High-Performance Materials (HPM) provides value-added
transport, health, construction and industry. It is developing
solutions for a wide range of high-tech applications in
formulation and design capabilities in ceramics, performance
The HPM Sector is underpinned by strong materials science,
state-of-the-art applications that make use of the specific
polymers and glass fiber. It has expertise in multiple
abrasion, chemical stability, surface properties, etc.).
properties of its materials (high temperature resistance,
plastic products, highly sophisticated refractory products for
customers to cater for specific customer needs, particularly in
crystals for radiation detection systems.
the metalworking and glass manufacturing industries, and
Many of the Sector’s products are developed jointly with
large sales force that is supported, in the largest countries, by
In order to be closer to its markets, the Sector maintains a
service to customers.
logistics centers that allow it to provide quick and efficient
products for metallurgy and all glass-related technologies.
extraction, aerospace, defense, paper, etc., as well as refractory
used in a wide variety of markets: abrasives, petroleum
in the synthesis and transformation of ceramics raw materials
The Ceramic Materials Activity
consists of businesses involved
Main brands
Positioning
SAINT-GOBAIN NORPRO
Ceramics solutions for the energy markets
World leader in refractory materials for the glass manufacturing industry
for industrial applications
The leader in ceramic grinding beads, shot-blasting and sandblasting agents, and zirconium oxide powders and products