Industrial group manages steady stream of ideas with robust portal
Organisation
Saint-Gobain is one of the 100 largest industrial groups in the world with revenue of over €42 billion. It has 200,000 employees across 64 countries and working in four main fields: innovative materials, construction products, building distribution and packaging. They are all focused on the same strategy: the habitat of the future. Its industrial expertise and unique form of distribution proven over 350 years means that Saint-Gobain has huge innovation potential in terms of finding solutions to challenges in the areas of growth, energy sector, and environmental protection. The organization is divided along three lines: sectors, functions (Finance, R&D, HR, Marketing/Communication, Legal/Fiscal and IT, which come under the holding company "La Compagnie Saint-Gobain"), and countries (13 general delegations). They coordinate around 50 activities carried out by 1,000 different companies/brands, including Lapeyre, Point.P, Isover, La Plateforme du Bâtiment and KparK in France.