Saint-Gobain has been named one of the world's 100 most innovative companies in the Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovator™ 2021 ranking for the tenth consecutive year. The ranking is established by studying the number of patents filed, but also the impact that a company’s inventions have on patent filings by others, the percentage of successful patent submissions, and the steps taken for legal protection of patents filed worldwide.
Saint-Gobain has once again been awarded “Global Top Employer” certification for the 6th consecutive year. Only 16 companies in the world have received this label.
Sales for the fourth quarter of 2020 are expected to significantly outperform expectations and reach around €10.2 billion, representing organic growth* of more than 6%, with a strong pricing dynamic.
Our Purpose – which is the fruit of international collaboration between nearly 15,000 of our employees – sums up who we are, what unites us, and what defines our common goal and the future that we want to build together.
As part of the restructuring of its glass production division in Germany, the Saint-Gobain Group intends to discontinue the manufacture of patterned glass and the production of transformed glass for the solar and greenhouse industry at its sites in Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg) and Wilsdruff (Saxony) in the course of this year by mid-2021 at the latest.
The 11th innovation forum hosted by Netexplo, an independent observatory that studies the impact of digital tech on society and business, was held in Paris on February 13-15 this year.
