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North America
CANADA
UNITED STATES
Latin America
ARGENTINA
BRAZIL
CHILE
COLOMBIA
MEXICO
PERU
VENEZUELA
France
Other Western
European countries
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
DENMARK
FINLAND
GERMANY
GREECE
ITALY
LUXEMBOURG
NETHERLANDS
NORWAY
PORTUGAL
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
SPAIN
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
UNITED KINGDOM
Central and
Eastern Europe
ALBANIA
BULGARIA
CZECH REPUBLIC
ESTONIA
HUNGARY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
POLAND
ROMANIA
RUSSIA
SERBIA
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
Africa and Middle East
ALGERIA
EGYPT
GHANA
JORDANIA
KUWAIT
LEBANON
MOROCCO
OMAN
QATAR
SAUDI ARABIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SYRIA
TANZANIA
TURKEY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
ZIMBABWE
Asia & Oceania
AUSTRALIA
BHUTAN
CHINA
INDIA
INDONESIA
JAPAN
MALAYSIA
NEW ZEALAND
SINGAPORE
SOUTH KOREA
THAILAND
VIETNAM
Presence in 67 countries
(1)
CROSS-BUSINESS
RESEARCH CENTERS
8
R&D EMPLOYEES
3,700
PATENTS FILED
IN 2016
390
GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN OF GROUP NET SALES AND EMPLOYEES
LATIN AMERICA
6% 17,959
AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST
2% 4,567
ASIA / OCEANIA
8% 19,022
NORTH AMERICA
13% 14,335
FRANCE
25% 42,530
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
4% 15,736
TOTAL EMPLOYEES
172,696
OTHER WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
42% 58,547
SALES BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA
IN % OF 2016 GROUP SALES
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA- 2016 FIGURES
(1) Industrial presence.
(2) See chapter 2, section 2.2.2.
TIMES ITS GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS
(2)
THE ENERGY SAVINGS
FROM THE GROUP’S
INSULATION SOLUTIONS
ARE EQUIVALENT TO
90
NATIONALITIES
REPRESENTED
OVER
100
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