2014
Saint-Gobain sells Verallia North America to Ardagh, and no longer manufactures or sells glass packaging in North America.
Saint-Gobain sells Verallia North America to Ardagh, and no longer manufactures or sells glass packaging in North America.
Saint-Gobain’s Performance Plastics Business acquires a range of healthcare related businesses.
Saint-Gobain announces the development of a Crystals substrate plant in Devens, Massachusetts, to make sapphire wafers used to make LEDs. Approximately $30 million invested with up to 90 new jobs created.
Saint-Gobain acquires 100 percent of SAGE Electrochromics.
Saint-Gobain is awarded the ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognizing the Company’s outstanding leadership in energy management and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
Saint-Gobain acquires SolarGard, a high-end glass coated films used in the habitat market (architectural glazing for residential and commercial buildings), the automotive market, and various industrial applications. SolarGard has 140 million in global sales with 250 employees, with sites in San Diego, as well as Belgium and China.
Saint-Gobain announces the development of a new manufacturing facility in Goodyear, Arizona, a solar mirror line for solar thermal power station, the company’s first solar plant in North America.
Saint-Gobain acquires 50 percent of SAGE Electrochromics, a leader in tintable electrochromic glass for use in building windows, skylights and curtain walls, to build the world’s first large-scale electrochromic glass plant in Faribault, Minnesota (United States).
Ottawa Fibre, a Canadian manufacturer of fiber glass insulation products, is acquired by CertainTeed.
Saint-Gobain wins the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Energy Star Partner of the Year” Award for the first time.