چكيده لاتين :
Saint Gobain is one of the 100 largest groups in the world, operating in 68 countries with around a thousand factories (glass, adhesives and other construction materials), 4,000 outlets and more than 180,000 employees of around a hundred different nationalities. In 2018 the group posted turnover of 41.8 billion euros, including 19 billion euros generated by the Building Distribution division which operates in Europe, where it is the market leader, North America and Brazil. Despite recently selling its activities in Germany (Raab Karcher and Keramundo), Saint Gobain Building Distribution is the number one ceramic tile distributor in Europe with turnover close to one billion euros. The group purchases 42% of its tiles from Italy, 30% from Spain, 10% from Portugal and 10% from Turkey, while the rest comes from France, Germany, India and China. Sales in the Flooring segment (LVT, laminate, solid wood, carpet and PVC) amount to 200 mil-lion euros, making SGBD one of the biggest players in Europe.
