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Even mortar sales stack up profits for Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. One of Europe's oldest and largest enterprises, Saint-Gobain has operations in three sectors: housing products, glass, and high-performance materials. Housing product operations (45% of sales) include building materials distribution and manufacturing and pipe; glass operations (38% of sales) include containers, flat glass, and insulation and reinforcements; the high-performance materials unit includes ceramics, plastics, and abrasives businesses. Saint-Gobain is a world leader in many of its business segments. In the 1600s it provided glass for Versailles; today it insulates one in every two European homes and makes 30 billion glass containers a year.
COMPETITION |
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 27,132.20
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 17.4%
Employees: 171,125
Revenue per employee: $158,551.94
KEY PEOPLE |
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Jean-Louis Beffa
CEO
Jean-François Phelizon
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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Les Miroirs, 18 Avenue d'Alsace
92096 Paris La Défense Cedex, France
Phone: 33-1-47-62-30-00
Fax: 33-1-47-78-45-03
Online: Web Site
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