In January 2017, Clarivate Analytics (formerly a division of Thomson Reuters) presented its annual Top-100 Global Innovators ranking. The Saint-Gobain Group, a leading international manufacturer of innovative and building materials, has been named one of the most innovative companies in the world for the sixth consecutive year.
Innovative developments are at the heart of Saint-Gobain's development strategy. The company includes 8 largest interdisciplinary R&D centers, 12 large research centers, and more than one hundred research laboratories around the world. The company employs more than 3700 people in the R&D field who work on more than 900 projects. In 2015, Saint-Gobain invested 450 million euros in R&D. The company registers over 350 patents annually. One of the four products Saint-Gobain produces and sells today did not exist 5 years ago.
As part of the award, on January 10, 2017, a Clarivate Analytics virtual press conference was held, in which Claude Imovan, Senior Vice President and Head of the Global Construction Products Sector at Saint-Gobain, took part.
ABOUT SAINT GOBUIN
Saint-Gobain is an international industrial group headquartered in Paris that develops, manufactures and markets high quality building materials and innovative solutions that improve the lives of everyone and society as a whole. Saint-Gobain products can be found in homes, offices, transport, infrastructure, etc. Saint-Gobain CIS has 8 operating factories in this region, as well as a research center in Yegoryevsk.
The world leader in creating a comfortable space. In 2015, Saint-Gobain's SALES were 39.6 billion euros. The group has offices in 66 countries around the world.
The company employs over 170,000 employees.
www.saint-gobain.com
