Saint-Gobain Groupe: The latest figures, news and market research on Saint-Gobain Groupe

Turnover: 47.9 billion EUR (2023)

Country: France

Saint-Gobain is a French group founded in 1665 as the Fabrique Royale de Glace by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, former Controller General of Finances under King Louis XIV. The company specializes in the production of building materials, notably glass.

Saint Gobain is the world leader in sustainable construction

Saint-Gobain is present in 75 countries with 166,000 employees

For several years now, Saint Gobain has been withdrawing from the materials distribution sector to concentrate on the manufacture of insulating, technical and sustainable materials

News

Saint-Gobain strengthens its position in construction chemicals in Mexico and Central America 16/08/2024

Acquisition of FOSROC by Saint-Gobain for almost one billion euros.
Saint-Gobain acquires the Mexican group OVNIVER/Cemix for $815 million (around 742 million euros).
Cemix should generate sales of $285 million this year, with an operating margin approaching 22%.
Cemix has 16 plants and around 1,000 employees. Saint-Gobain generated sales of 1.5 billion euros in the Mexico-Central America zone last year, out of a group total of almost 48 billion euros.
With the integration of Cemix, Saint-Gobain's pro forma sales in construction chemicals will amount to 6.5 billion euros.
Saint-Gobain is present in 76 countries in the field of construction chemicals.
The Group has made around 30 acquisitions in construction chemicals since 2021.
Acquisition of CSR in Australia for 2.7 billion euros, Saint-Gobain's largest acquisition in 20 years.

Saint-Gobain buys construction chemicals company Fosroc for 960 million euros 27/06/2024

Purchase price of Fosroc by Saint-Gobain: $1.03 billion (approximately 960 million euros)
- Year Fosroc founded: 1972
- Fosroc's geographical presence: strong, particularly in India, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific
- Expected sales for Fosroc in 2024: $487 million
- Total projected sales for Saint-Gobain in the building chemicals sector after acquisition: €6.2 billion in 73 countries

Saint-Gobain ready to set up in Australia for 2.5 billion euros 22/02/2024

Saint-Gobain proposes to acquire the entire capital of CSR
The CSR Group has some 40 production sites worldwide, around 130 sales outlets and 2,800 employees.
CSR's total revenues for the 2022-2023 financial year amounted to A$2.6 billion.
By 2022, North America and emerging markets already accounted for 62% of Saint-Gobain's operating income, compared with 40% in 2018.

Saint-Gobain expands into Canada 13/06/2023

Acquisition of Kaycan by Saint-Gobain one year ago
Saint-Gobain to acquire Building Products of Canada in 2023 for C$1.3 billion (approx. €925 million)
Building Products of Canada has a 25-30% market share in roofing products
Building Products of Canada total sales: C$435 million
Saint-Gobain's pro forma 2022 sales in Canada: C$1.8 billion
Saint-Gobain in Canada grows from 11 to 24 plants in eighteen months

How Saint-Gobain is making inroads across the Atlantic 18/11/2022

In just three years, Saint-Gobain has become a market leader in the USA and Canada,
North American sales of $10.5 billion by 2022 - at least 90% of which will be generated in the United States
The North American market remains fragmented
Owens Corning its main rival
Saint-Gobain has invested more than $5 billion in North America since 2020 (gypsum with Continental Building Products, GCP Applied Technologies ,cement additives, concrete admixtures and waterproofing solutions, and Canadian Kaycan, producer and distributor of building materials in cladding
World leader in construction chemicals with Switzerland's Sika

Saint-Gobain acquires Kaycan to gain a foothold in the USA 08/06/2022

Saint-Gobain acquires Kaycan for 860 million euros 1 billion dollars
Kaycan: the North American renovation specialist
By 2022, Saint-Gobain expects to exceed $10 billion in U.S. sales
Third strategic acquisition in less than two and a half years

Saint-Gobain on a light construction gold rush in North America 08/06/2022

Saint-Gobain is world leader in lightweight and sustainable construction
Saint-Gobain sales in North America rise from 15% to 20% in three years

Saint-Gobain moves towards zero-carbon flat glass 17/05/2022

The French group has just completed the world's first zero-carbon production of flat glass at its Aniche plant in northern France
The result of three years' research, it has saved 2,460 tonnes of virgin raw materials
Saint-Gobain considers recycling glass used in construction to be crucial

Financial Data

DUNS: 542039532

Legal Name: COMPAGNIE DE SAINT-GOBAIN

Address: 12 PLACE DE L'IRIS TOUR SAINT-GOBAIN, 92400 COURBEVOIE

Number of employees: Entre 200 et 249 salariés (2021)

Capital: 2 041 780 240 EUR

Financial Data:

Year	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2015
Turnover	383 000 000	301 000 000	281 120 000	296 897 000	188 609 000	176 004 000
Gross margin (€)	469 000 000	370 000 000	293 174 000	352 447 000	207 894 000	-
EBITDA (€)	13 000 000	-11 000 000	-36 549 000	-48 146 000	-55 670 000	-
Operating profit (€)	-10 000 000	-30 000 000	-48 686 000	-59 234 000	-18 647 000	-
Net profit (€)	1 496 000 000	1 458 000 000	862 209 000	848 966 000	669 184 000	1 070 854 000
Turnover growth rate (%)	27,2	7,1	-5,3	57,4	4,2	-
Ebitda margin rate (%)	3,4	-3,7	-13	-16,2	-29,5	-
Operating margin rate (%)	-2,6	-10	-17,3	-20	-9,9	-
Working Capital (turnover days)	-6 363,2	665,7	568,8	1 447,5	3 038,5	-
Working Capital requirements (turnover days)	842,5	-	-	-	-117,9	-
Net margin (%)	390,6	484,4	306,7	285,9	354,8	-
Added value / Turnover (%)	-16,4	6	15,5	10,4	30,5	-
Wages and social charges (€)	-	86 000 000	72 712 000	76 390 000	-32 251 000	-
Salaries / Turnover (%)	-	28,6	25,9	25,7	-17,1	-

Company Managers:

Position	First Name	Last Name	Age
Président du conseil d'administration	Pierre-andre	de Chalendar	66
Directeur général	Benoit	Bazin	55
Administrateur	Pamela	Knapp	66
Administrateur	Ieda	Gomes	68
Administrateur	Agnes	Lemarchand	69
Administrateur	Jean, Dominique	Senard	71
Administrateur	Sibylle	Daunis	50
Administrateur	Jean-francois	Cirelli	66
Administrateur	Dominique	Leroy	60
Administrateur	Lydie	Cortes	53
Administrateur	Philippe	Thibaudet	43
Administrateur	Gilles	Schnepp	66
Administrateur	Thierry	Delaporte	57
Administrateur	Jana	Michalsen	59