Saint-Gobain North America (press release)

French multinational corporate communications

Background

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain was founded in France in 1665 under a royal charter from King Louis XIV to manufacture glass for the Palace of Versailles. Over more than three centuries, it evolved from a glassmaker into a global supplier of construction and high-performance materials, eventually becoming a constituent of France's benchmark CAC 40 stock index. The North American presence took formal shape in 1959 with the establishment of American Saint-Gobain. In 1976, Saint-Gobain acquired a controlling stake in CertainTeed Corporation, a major U.S. building products brand, deepening its foothold in the region. The company's North American headquarters is located on a 65-acre campus in Malvern, Pennsylvania, which it renovated and opened as a showcase facility around its 350th anniversary in 2015. Saint-Gobain North America now operates more than 250 locations across the continent with roughly 15,000 employees. Its press releases are standard corporate public relations output issued by an in-house communications team; they do not constitute an independent editorial or journalistic enterprise and reflect the company's business and reputational interests rather than any political viewpoint.

Sources

1. Newsroom | Saint-Gobain North America
2. Ownership structure | Saint-Gobain
3. Saint-Gobain Opens North American Corporate Headquarters (press release)
4. Saint-Gobain North America History – Zippia
5. Corporate governance | Saint-Gobain

Profile compiled 2026-07-20; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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