15 Facts About Saint-Gobain

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S A is a French multinational corporation, founded in 1665 in Paris and headquartered on the outskirts of Paris, at La Defense and in Courbevoie.

Saint-Gobain was created for a period of twenty years and would be financed in part by the State.

Saint-Gobain now had to depend on the participation and capital of private investors, although it continued to remain partly under the control of the French state.

In 1830, just as Louis-Philippe became King of the newly restored French Monarchy, Saint-Gobain was transformed into a Public Limited Company and became independent from the state for the first time.

Some more famous buildings that Saint-Gobain contributed to during that period were the Crystal Palace in London, Jardin des Plantes, the Grand Palais and adjacent Petit Palais in Paris, and Milan Central railway station.

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Saint-Gobain merged with another French glass and mirror manufacturer, Saint-Quirin, in the mid-19th century.

Saint-Gobain looked for a "white knight" to help fend off the bid.

When Saint-Gobain became a private enterprise, control of the company quickly changed hands.

Saint-Gobain's Building Distribution division was created in 1996.

Saint-Gobain has a division that focuses on connecting entrepreneurs, startups, and innovators to the 50+ bin Saint-Gobain called: NOVA External Venturing.

Saint-Gobain has made a number of recent acquisitions in the past several years.

Saint-Gobain India Private Limited - Glass Business is a subsidiary of Saint Gobain that manufactures and markets solar control glass, fire-resistant glass and other various types of float glasses in India.

Saint-Gobain started its venture in India in 1996 by acquiring a majority stake of Grindwell Norton.

Saint-Gobain had contaminated ground water supply with PFAS in multiple towns in Southern New Hampshire, USA.

List of fines, monetary settlements and costs such as supplementary environmental projects or consumer relief that Saint-Gobain has been compelled to undertake as part of settlements.