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

5.2.1

Interior solutions

thermal insulation products, and ceiling solutions. These product groups: plaster and plasterboard, acoustic and renovation, contributing to everyday wellbeing in healthy, products and solutions are used in new building and high-performance, comfortable buildings. The interior solutions product line encompasses three main The Gypsum and Ceilings Activity extracts and processes and decoration. These solutions are intended for use in gypsum into a wide array of plaster products for construction high technical specifications in terms of fire and damp partitions and facings for walls, ceilings and floors. They meet resistance and thermal and acoustic insulation. Easy to install, comfortable and visually pleasing home environment. The the products also meet growing customer demand for a with the highest technological standards and promote their Gypsum and Ceilings Activity offers solutions that comply

regulations concerning, for example, the elimination of widespread adoption, and remain a step ahead of new formaldehyde to improve interior air quality. The Insulation Activity designs, develops and markets products and solutions for thermal and acoustic building wool and stone wool), polystyrene foam, polyurethane and, insulation. Its line of products made from mineral wool (glass and commercial building markets. Here, they are used to most recently, wood fiber, are mainly aimed at the residential order to reduce energy consumption and improve comfort insulate the building envelope (roofs, walls and floors) in addressed, such as heating and air conditioning system with insulation from noise pollution. Other needs are also solutions for industrial facilities, the transport sector and insulation. Finally, some products also afford technical

niche sectors.

Main brands

Positioning

Plaster-based solutions for insulation and interior solutions

Acoustic panel systems, walls and ceilings

World leader in sustainable insulation solutions for building and technical markets

Construction Products specifically for the North American market

Leader in the UK in PIR insulation solutions for building and the technical markets

5.2.2

Exterior solutions

The Construction Products Sector provides a wide range of and architectural improvement. These solutions help to solutions for exterior improvement, combining performance visual appeal and energy efficiency of buildings, roofs and guarantee the sustainable supply of drinking water, and the

the growing demand for improved technical properties in

concrete for use in construction.

shingles in a wide range of styles and colors. For exterior insulated siding products in a multitude of materials (PVC, walls, it provides solutions covering vinyl, polymer shake and known for combining visual appeal and durability. It also polypropylene, etc.). Easy to maintain, these products are with fencing, decking and railing products in PVC and offers complete exterior solutions for single-family dwellings, composite materials. The Exterior Products Activity supplies a complete range of market. For roofs, it offers premium asphalt and composite products specifically for the North American construction The Pipe Activity offers complete solutions leveraging more than 160 years of experience in the water supply market to ductile cast iron pipe systems for drinking water and sewage meet the highest expectations. It produces and markets wastewater and rainwater drainage systems for buildings. It is systems, steel products for highways and roadways, and also active in the mining and manufacturing markets.

exterior walls in both newbuilding and renovation.

heating. A range of technical mortars is available, covering all technical solutions for areas of high footfall, and underfloor The Activity also offers delivery of expanded clay. Lastly, in areas of construction, to help in structural work or rework. the Middle East, a line of admixtures is available, catering for renovated subfloors, leveling and finishing prior to laying a solutions cover various fields of application: new and floor, decoration with the use of self-colored mortars, The Mortars Activity is the world leader in its field. It provides the exterior walls of single-family dwellings and multi-unit a wide range of solutions to protect, insulate and decorate solutions ensure safety and ease of use. In flooring, its housing, commercial and industrial buildings. Its special tiling

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