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Saint-Gobain
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Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A. ( or ) is a French multinational corporation, founded in 1665 in Paris as the Manufacture royale de glaces de miroirs, and today headquartered on the outskirts of Paris, at La Défense and in Courbevoie. Originally a mirror manufacturer, it also produces a variety of construction, high-performance, moderate-performance, lower-performance and other materials. Saint-Gobain is present in 76 countries and employs more than 170,000 people.
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Saint-Gobain is a company and funder established in 1665. The entity is currently active and operates within France. Its legal name is Compagnie de Saint-Gobain.
The organization is located in the city of Courbevoie. It employs 171,000 people.
Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, ROR, GLEIF. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A.
- Company.logo
- Saint-Gobain logo.svg
- Company.type
- Société Anonyme
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.industry
- Building materials
- Company.products
- Construction materials production and retail, glass, ceramics, plastics, abrasives, gypsum plasterboards
- Company.revenue
- €47.94 billion (2023)
- Company.operating_income
- €5.251 billion (2023)
- Company.net_income
- €2.756 billion (2023)
- Company.assets
- €57.30 billion (2023)
- Company.equity
- €23.76 billion (2023)
- Company.num_employees
- 159,145 (2023)
- Company.location_city
- La Défense, Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine)
- Company.location_country
- France
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company, Funder
- Founded
- 1665
- Location
- Courbevoie, France
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.425832.a · ISNI 0000 0001 2259 4442
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commercial organization
- Part of
- CAC 40
- Named after
- Saint-Gobain
- Official name
- COMPAGNIE DE SAINT-GOBAIN
- Country
- France
- Founded by
- Jean-Baptiste Colbert
- Headquarters
- La Défense
- Owned by
- Wendel
- Employees
- 161668
- Revenue
- 47944000000
- Stock exchange
- Euronext Paris
- Official website
- www.saint-gobain.com
- Image
- GlasarchitekturWeltausstellung1937.jpg
- Motto
- Saint-Gobain conçoit, produit et distribue des matériaux et des solutions pensés pour le bien-être de chacun et l’avenir de tous.
- Significant event
- nationalization
Show 9 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Saint-Gobain
- inception
- 1665-00-00
- social media followers
- 22878
- location of formation
- Saint-Gobain
- market capitalization
- 20348000
- Commons category
- Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
- net profit
- 3003000000
- operating income
- 4231000000
- archives at
- Blois
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
25 sectionsContents
- History
- 1665–1789: Manufacture royale
- 1789–1910: Industrial Revolution
- 1910–1950: Post Industrial Revolution
- 1950–1970: Pont-à-Mousson merger
- 1971–1986: Nationalisation
- 1986–present: Expansion
- Company structure
- Head office
- Business sectors
- Building distribution
- Construction products
- Innovative materials
- External venturing
- Acquisitions and sales
- Saint-Gobain Gyproc Middle-East
- Saint-Gobain in India
- Brands
- Environmental record
- PFAS contamination leads to facility demolition
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A. ( or ) is a French multinational corporation, founded in 1665 in Paris as the Manufacture royale de glaces de miroirs, and today headquartered on the outskirts of Paris, at La Défense and in Courbevoie. Originally a mirror manufacturer, it also produces a variety of construction, high-performance, moderate-performance, lower-performance and other materials. Saint-Gobain is present in 76 countries and employs more than 170,000 people.
== History ==
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