Saint Gobain - Registration document 2016

2 ONE AMBITION: TO IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF ALL 5. A Group organization to serve customer and market needs

A Group organization to serve customer 5. and market needs INVENT THE MATERIALS OF THE FUTURE AND PROVIDE INNOVATIVE 5.1 SOLUTIONS FOR BUILDINGS AND INDUSTRY: THE INNOVATIVE MATERIALS SECTOR

sciences industry. Some development projects are aimed at maintaining technological leadership in current markets: innovative processes for thin coatings, next generation ceramic grains and abrasive products, more effective double and triple glazing, plastic films for automobiles and building, etc. Other major programs target new markets: electrochromic glazing, ceramic cores for fuel cells, materials for energy storage, or single-use systems for the biopharmaceutical and life

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Innovative Materials

High-Performance Materials

Flat Glass

Building Glass solutions

Abrasives

KEY FIGURES

Glazing for the automotive and transport markets

Ceramic Materials

More than 500 industrial sites in 45 countries ‹ Over 60,000 employees ‹ Flat Glass: over 33,000 employees in 42 countries HPM: over 27,000 employees in 46 countries 8 cross-business R&D centers in the United States, ‹ Europe, China and India, dedicated mainly to Innovative 2,100 researchers ‹ Some 300 patents filed annually by the Innovative ‹ Materials Sector Approximately 2/3 of the Group’s R&D expenditure ‹ Competitive positions: ‹ No. 1 worldwide (1) High-Performance Materials Ceramics: no. 1 (1) in the world for silicon carbide, ‹ zirconium-based abrasive grains, ceramic balls and refractories for the glass industry Abrasives: World co-leader (1) for all abrasives lines ‹ Performance Plastics: no. 1 (1) in the world for bearings ‹ for automotive applications, single-use tubes and connectors for the pharmaceutical industry, aircraft radomes for communications satellites Saint-Gobain Adfors: no. 1 (1) in the world for ‹ construction fabrics and paintable wall coverings High-Performance Materials: more than 200 industrial sites across 36 countries Materials

Performance Plastics

Technical fabrics (Adfors)

With its unique portfolio of materials and processes for the construction, transport, healthcare, and industrial markets, the Innovative Materials Sector provides the Saint-Gobain Group with its innovation-oriented culture. It consists of two businesses: Flat Glass; ‹ High-Performance Materials (HPM). ‹ In line with the strategy for the Sector, its R&D is devoted to serving customers by providing them with differentiated solutions. It is supported in this aim by the Group’s eight cross-business research centers devoted to focused technologies, and local teams close to production sites. Of the 3,700 researchers employed by the Group, 2,100 work in Innovative Materials. They work on over 600 research projects involving the support to the sales and production teams. design of new products and procedures, providing technical

N o. 2 (1) for Flat Glass in the world ‹ N o. 1 (1) for Flat Glass in Europe ‹ Flat Glass: around

300 industrial sites across

33 countries

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