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SALINE COUNTY, Ark., Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Saint-Gobain, one of the world's largest suppliers of innovative ceramic products, announced today it has chosen Saline County as the site for a new production facility to manufacture ceramic proppants. The announcement was made at a special ceremony at the Bauxite Museum in Bauxite, Arkansas, attended by Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe, Saint-Gobain representatives as well as state, community and business leaders. Saint-Gobain's Proppants...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa., Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Saint-Gobain, the world's largest building materials company, has announced the appointment of John Crowe as President and CEO of both Saint-Gobain Corporation (Saint-Gobain's North American holding company) and CertainTeed Corporation (Saint-Gobain's largest North American subsidiary). Crowe takes on these two roles effective September 1. As President and CEO of Saint-Gobain Corporation, Crowe will act as Saint-Gobain's representative in...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa., Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Saint-Gobain, the world's largest building materials company, announces its support of the 2011 Solar Decathlon team from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and University of Massachusetts Lowell. Known as Team Massachusetts, the students will compete for the first time in The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, a biennial event that challenges collegiate teams from around the world to design, build, and operate solar-powered...

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has just signed an agreement to wholly acquire the businesses making up the Bekaert Specialty Films (BSF) activity of the Belgian Group Bekaert. This business, operating under the name Solar Gard, is specialized in the development, manufacturing and distribution of coated films used on the habitat market (architectural glazing for residential and commercial buildings), the automotive market, and various industrial...

PARIS, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Publication of first half 2011 results. KEY FIGURES (EURm) H1-2010 H1-2011 Change Sales 19,529 20,875 +6.9% Operating income 1,445 1,720 +19.0% Recurring(1) net income 580 902 +55.5% Net income 501 768 +53.3% Highlights of first-half...

PARIS, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Saint-Gobain, through its Gypsum Activity, today completed the acquisition of Doganer, a Turkish manufacturer of plaster and plasterboard. The company is located 50 km southeast of Ankara, where it operates a plant with an annual production capacity of 500,000 tonnes of plaster and 12 million square meters of plasterboard. In 2010, Doganer generated revenue of nearly EUR22 million with 109 employees. The acquisition will...

PARIS, July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Saint-Gobain has signed an agreement with UK building materials distributor Wolseley for the acquisition of its British Build Center network and its French subsidiary Brossette. Build Center Acquisition Build Center is the UK's fourth largest general builders' merchant. With a network of 148 branches located across the UK, including a large concentration in the dynamic South East, Build Center offers an excellent geographic...

PARIS, July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- To more effectively serve customers in western Japan, Saint-Gobain plans to build a new glass wool production facility near Osaka in the Kansai region through its local subsidiary Mag-Isover, Japan's leading insulation manufacturer. With planned capacity of 60,000 tonnes, the plant is scheduled to come on stream before the end of 2013. Representing a total investment of around EUR140 million, the plant will directly employ more than...

CLEARWATER, Fla., June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has expanded its line of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) tubing with the addition of new C-Flex® ULTRA pump tubing, a product designed specifically to perform in demanding biopharmaceutical applications such as pumping, single-use assemblies, process filling and sampling. Produced from C-Flex® resin that has been validated by pharmaceutical manufacturers for more than two decades, C-Flex® ULTRA pump...

VALLEY FORGE, Pa., June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has redesigned the standard laboratory carboy, adding a variety of ergonomic features that improve ease of use in advanced biopharmaceutical fluid handling and solution storage applications. These improvements are based on extensive input from professionals who work in laboratory and pharmaceutical environments. Manufactured from high quality polypropylene, the carboys are resistant to chemicals and...