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Founded during the reign of Louis XIV, the Royal Manufactory of mirror glass developed a revolutionary procedure that involved casting glass on a metal table. It opened its main production site in a small village in the northeastern part of the Kingdom from which it took its name: Saint-Gobain.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A. ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ɡɔbɛ̃]) is a French multinational corporation, founded in 1665 in Paris and headquartered on the outskirts of Paris, at La Défense and in Courbevoie. Originally a mirror manufacturer, it also produces a variety of construction, high-performance, and other materials.
- 1665; 358 years ago
- €51.2 billion (2022)
- 170,714 (2022)
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Through strategic mergers and smart acquisitions, Saint Gobain North America has grown and expanded into all 50 states and dozens of different product categories. Here’s a history of our history.
The history of Saint-Gobain begins in 1665, when the French King Louis XIV awarded the financial man Nicolas Dunoyer and his partners an exclusive manufacturing privilege for mirror glass - with the aim of breaking the monopoly position of the Republic of Venice on the European mirror market.
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The name of his father appears as Esarg or Tuirbe Trágmar, the 'thrower of axes'. Goibniu is often grouped together with Credne the silversmith and Luchta the carpenter as the Trí Dée Dána (three gods of art), who forged the weapons which the Tuath Dé used to battle the Fomorians.
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