Compagnie de Saint-Gobain Acquisition (4047M)

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Compagnie de Saint-Gobain

06 May 2015

Paris, May 6, 2015

Saint-Gobain acquires ZenPure, a specialist in filtration products

Saint-Gobain has acquired ZenPure, a company specializing in the development and manufacture of filtration products, mainly for the life sciences sector.

Created in 2002, ZenPure designs custom filters manufactured in a state-of-the-art plant in Hangzhou, China. The products are marketed and sold across the globe and will bolster the range of fluid systems made by Saint-Gobain's Plastics business.

This acquisition is fully in line with the Group's strategy of strengthening its positions in high-performance solutions on fast-growing markets.

ABOUT SAINT-GOBAIN

In 2015, Saint-Gobain is celebrating its 350(th) anniversary, 350 reasons to believe in the future. Backed by its experience and its capacity to continuously innovate, Saint-Gobain, the world leader in the habitat and construction market, designs, manufactures and distributes high-performance and building materials providing innovative solutions to the challenges of growth, energy efficiency and environmental protection. With 2014 sales of EUR41 billion, Saint-Gobain operates in 64 countries and has over 180,000 employees. For more information about Saint-Gobain, visit www.saint-gobain.comand the twitter account @saintgobainor download the "Saint-Gobain Shareholder" application for tablet and smartphone.

Worldwide leader in performance plastics, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics is headquartered at Aurora, Ohio (United States). The company has 5,700 employees in 18 different countries and offers a wide range of products such as films, foams, coated fabrics, bearings, seals and fluid systems. For more information, visit www.saint-gobain.com and www.plastics.saint-gobain.com.

 
 
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