Saint Gobain - Registration document 2016

3 STRATEGIC DRIVERS FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH 1. Balancing the Activities to ensure the Group is resilient

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the Group is resilient Balancing the Activities to ensure

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INVESTMENT DIFFERENTIATED BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION

KEY POINTS BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION

NORTH AMERICA Invest in Construction Products and High-Performance Materials; develop in niche markets and adjacent high value-added markets.

EUROPE Focus on activities with low capital intensity; continue to optimize production activities; differentiation through marketing and innovation; target growth segments in distribution and accelerate the multi-channel strategy.

RUSSIA Develop Construction Products.

LATIN AMERICA Invest in most of the Sectors to grow and consolidate our leadership position, with a focus on short-term market conditions.

AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE-EAST Increase commercial presence and partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Turkey; expand beyond the existing industrial presence in Sub-Saharan Africa.

ASIA Develop industrial activities; prioritize new positions in South East Asia for Construction Products; consolidate Construction Products and High-Performance Materials activities.

Materials and Construction Products Sectors outside Western increasing its share of the industrial assets of its Innovative Europe to capture potential longer-term growth. at affording the Group a global geographic presence, by terms of GDP, Saint-Gobain’s development strategy is aimed Although Europe remains one of the largest global markets in

markets and adjacent high value-added markets, which offer for its siding products. Saint-Gobain is also developing niche begun construction of a new metallic film deposit line on particular potential in the US. Thereby, Solar Gard (HPM) has plastic film at its headquarters site in San Diego. million dollars investment, and has invested in new presses shingle factory in Jonesburg, Missouri (USA), following a 100 example, CertainTeed has launch in June 2016 a new asphalt

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Strengthening investments in Asia, countries the United States and emerging

Unites-States, in 2016 the Group pursued to invest in. For Given the dynamism of new building market in the

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