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Saint-Gobain North America, a leading manufacturer of light and sustainable building products and high-performance solutions, today launched Sustaining Futures, Raising Communities, a manufacturing workforce development program for high-school students. With the goal of bringing visibility to manufacturing as a valuable and rewarding career path, Saint-Gobain will partner with high schools to help grow local talent. Through a classroom curriculum focused on the real world of manufacturing, along with visits to nearby Saint-Gobain facilities, the program experience will give students an up-close look at the industry and its opportunities.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed Canada Inc., today unveiled CarbonLowTM, a new line of low-carbon gypsum wallboard to be sold in Canada starting in 2025. With up to 60% less embodied carbon cradle-to-gate than traditional alternatives, CarbonLowTM will allow contractors and homeowners to utilize the quality CertainTeed solutions they trust, while reducing their environmental footprint.

Today Saint-Gobain celebrated a groundbreaking ceremony to mark construction toward a new administration building on its flagship abrasives manufacturing campus in Worcester, Massachusetts. The construction marks the next chapter in Saint-Gobain’s long history in the Worcester community, where it is a major employer and its abrasives products subsidiary, Norton Abrasives, has operated for more than a century.

Benoit Bazin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented:

Saint-Gobain has completed the acquisition, announced on April 3, 2024, of The Bailey Group of Companies (Bailey), a leading manufacturer of metal building solutions in Canada. With approximately 690 employees working across twelve manufacturing sites throughout Canada, Bailey will reinforce Saint-Gobain’s commitment to growth in the country, adding more than C$500 million in revenues.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed Inc., and TimberHP, a manufacturer of insulating wood composites, today announced that they have entered into a collaborative relationship, which will enable CertainTeed to distribute TimberHP’s wood fiber insulation products in North America, including as the exclusive distribution partner in Canada. Executed in close collaboration with NOVA by Saint-Gobain, the company’s venture arm, this partnership will continue to drive Saint-Gobain’s vision to be the worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction and will improve its own sustainable offerings and readiness to respond to customer needs.

Convinced of the urgency to advance the cause of sustainable construction in the face of climate challenges, demographic changes, and the need to protect resources, Saint-Gobain launched the Sustainable Construction Observatory in 2023. Today, this Observatory has released the second edition of its Sustainable Construction Barometer1, a study conducted by the CSA research institute, to better understand the perceptions of key stakeholders and the levers to be activated to accelerate the development of sustainable construction in the United States and around the world.

Saint-Gobain, through its building materials subsidiary CertainTeed Canada, today announced its intent to acquire The Bailey Group of Companies (Bailey), a leading Canadian manufacturer of commercial metal framing and building systems. The complementary addition of Bailey’s existing line of high-quality metal framing products in Canada will broaden Saint-Gobain’s global offering in the category, and further enhance the company’s position as a worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction. As part of the pending acquisition, Saint-Gobain will also complete the purchase of the remaining equity and assets of its decade-long ceiling grid manufacturing joint venture with Bailey, The Grid Company. In addition, when approved, the acquisition will include all divisions of The Bailey Group — Bailey Metal Products, Bailey Metal Processing, and Agway Metals.

Saint-Gobain, through its building materials subsidiary CertainTeed Siding, today announced that it has achieved a 96% reduction (Scopes 1 & 2 only) in emissions from the manufacturing of polymer shakes, vinyl trim, millwork, and vinyl siding at its manufacturing facilities in McPherson, Kansas, Social Circle, Georgia, and Williamsport, Maryland, respectively. With fully electrified processes and 100% of the electricity used backed by renewable energy credits (RECs), Saint-Gobain has taken a significant step in its mission to provide low carbon siding products to the US market and reduce its environmental footprint.

Benoit Bazin, Chief Executive Officer of Saint-Gobain, commented:

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed Canada Inc., has completed installation of a heat exchanger system on its industrial drywall board dryer at its gypsum facility outside Vancouver, British Columbia, which is expected to reduce the plant’s Scope 1 carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 15%. This project, the first of its kind for CertainTeed Canada, signifies a substantial investment towards increased efficiency, output and recycling, and aligns with the company’s goal to deliver the most sustainable local products to customers.

NOVA by Saint-Gobain recently invested in ION Storage Systems to expand the relationship between Saint-Gobain Ceramics and ION as they work together on bringing an innovative approach for battery technologies. ION provides battery solutions for applications used in defense, aerospace, consumer electronics, electric vehicles, and grid storage.

Today Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed Roofing, held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark construction toward a new, state-of-the-art roofing manufacturing and distribution center in Bryan, Texas. This multi-year project reaffirms Saint-Gobain’s position as the leader in light and sustainable construction, allowing the company to better serve its customers with quality roofing products in the southern United States.

Saint-Gobain North America, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed Siding, today announced a $28 million expansion project at its facility in Williamsport, Maryland. This project, along with others made by CertainTeed at the site, will allow the company to improve production and shipping capacity and significantly increase warehouse space in order to increase the availability of their complete siding portfolio in the Mid-Atlantic Region, aligning with customer needs.

Saint-Gobain has signed a 15-year renewable electricity supply agreement (Power Purchase Agreement or PPA) with TotalEnergies for the purchase of solar power for its 125 industrial sites in North America (United States and Canada).

Saint-Gobain has completed the acquisition, announced on June 12, 2023, of Building Products of Canada Corp. (Building Products of Canada), a leading manufacturer of residential roofing shingles and wood fiber insulation panels in Canada.

Saint-Gobain North America, through its high-performance ceramics business Saint-Gobain NorPro, has begun a recycling program at its Ceramics plant in Bryan, Texas. Through this program, scrap finished goods are recycled and used in production at other plants throughout Saint-Gobain Ceramics, including its facility in Huntsville, Alabama.

Saint-Gobain announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Building Products of Canada Corp. (“Building Products of Canada”), a privately owned manufacturer of residential roofing shingles and wood fiber insulation panels in Canada, for C$1,325 million (approximately €925 million) in cash.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, has installed a smart water submetering system and upgraded equipment at its siding plant in Jackson, Michigan, reducing the site’s consumption of water by more than nine million gallons per year, a reduction of more than 50% compared to 2019 levels.

The Saint-Gobain North America Foundation and building materials subsidiary CertainTeed contributed over $175,000 in siding and insulation products and monetary donations to Volumetric Building Companies (VBC) Giving Foundation’s Veterans Village Project, a 47-unit new construction permanent housing community for Veterans. In addition to monetary and product donations, a team of Saint-Gobain employees also provided support, solutions, and expertise to this important project.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed Gypsum Inc., yesterday received the 2023 Better Project Award from the U.S. Department of Energy for the company’s smart energy management system at its Buchanan, New York gypsum facility.

Saint-Gobain North America, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed Roofing, has acquired the rights to technology from recycling partner Asphaltica that will allow the company to recycle asphalt shingle waste, diverting it from landfill and furthering the company’s commitment to creating a circular economy in its production of roofing shingles.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, today announced that the company intends to build a new, state-of-the art manufacturing facility and distribution center in Bryan, Texas, reaffirming its commitment to provide sustainable, quality products to its customers in the southern United States.

Saint-Gobain and the Worcester Business Development Corporation (WBDC) are pleased to announce its partnership has resulted in Saint-Gobain transferring approximately 51 acres of underutilized land for redevelopment by the WBDC. This revitalization project will be led by WBDC and will focus on restoring and redeveloping unused areas of the Company’s campus in Worcester, Massachusetts into new, productive commercial uses for sustainable growth.

Today Saint-Gobain held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark construction toward a new, state-of-the-art glass mat facility at its CertainTeed Roofing campus in Oxford, North Carolina. The investment, now projected at $167 Million with additional funds allocated toward new technology to enhance employee safety and sustainability, marks the company’s largest ever investment in a US roofing facility.

Saint-Gobain today held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new state-of-the-art CertainTeed Architectural facility in Strongsville, Ohio where it will manufacturer specialty wood ceilings systems. The relocation from its former plant in nearby Lakewood, OH to this new location has more than doubled the facility’s manufacturing footprint and will create 38 jobs in Northern Ohio.

Saint-Gobain has signed a 10-year renewable electricity supply agreement (Power Purchase Agreement or PPA) with TotalEnergies for the purchase of solar power for its 145 industrial sites in North America (United States and Canada).

CertainTeed Canada Inc. welcomes the Canadian International Trade Tribunal’s decision to maintain anti-dumping measures for drywall in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, as well as the Yukon and Northwest Territories for another five years.

Saint-Gobain has started up operations at its new electrical powerhouse on its flagship manufacturing campus in Worcester, Massachusetts, which is projected to reduce the site’s carbon dioxide emissions by 50%.

Saint-Gobain North America, through its building products subsidiary business unit CertainTeed Gypsum, in collaboration with three New York partner companies, has launched a circular economy initiative. The company has begun reclaiming waste gypsum wallboard at its Buchanan, New York facility and reusing the waste as feedstock for new product.

Saint-Gobain North America today announced 30 finalists of its Sustaining Futures, Raising Communities charitable giveaway contest, with a chance for schools to win donations totaling $250,000 in building materials solutions and program materials to transform educational spaces in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Georgia after a public vote on the company’s social media channels and the program’s website.

Saint-Gobain has now obtained approvals from all relevant competition authorities for its acquisition of GCP Applied Technologies Inc., a major global player in construction chemicals, announced on December 6, 2021. The acquisition will close on September 27, 2022. GCP will delist from the New York Stock Exchange.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, has installed a smart water meter system and upgraded equipment at its siding plant in Social Circle, Georgia, reducing the site’s consumption of water by more than two million gallons per year.

Saint-Gobain has named Julie Bonamy Racine as the Chief Executive Officer of CertainTeed Canada Inc., its Canadian building products subsidiary. Bonamy is CertainTeed Canada’s first female chief executive and succeeds Richard Juggery, who led the company for four years before being named CEO of Saint-Gobain Benelux in July.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, will install recycling technology at its gypsum plant in Palatka, Florida, increasing the recycled content in its wallboard products manufactured in Palatka by 18,000 tons/year while also reducing the site’s carbon dioxide emissions by 2,260 tons/year.

On July 29, 2022 Saint-Gobain completed the acquisition announced on May 31, 2022 of Kaycan, a manufacturer and distributor of exterior building materials in Canada and in the United States.

The Saint-Gobain North America Foundation is pleased to announce $170,000 in funding awards to the greater Worcester community through the Worcester Executive Fund and the Worcester Employee Impact Fund.

Saint-Gobain North America and its building products subsidiary CertainTeed Canada Inc. have launched a partnership with Habitat for Humanity Canada to build affordable housing in several communities where the company operates.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed Canada Inc., today announced plans to invest $91 Million CAD, including $40 Million CAD in grant money from the government of Quebec, via its EcoPerformance program, to upgrade equipment at its Montreal wallboard manufacturing facility and reduce its carbon emissions by up to 44,000 metric tonnes/year, creating the first zero-carbon drywall plant in North America. The reduction in emissions associated with the equipment upgrades at the plant is the equivalent of removing 9,500 cars from the road.

Saint-Gobain North America today announced the official launch of its 2022 Sustaining Futures, Raising Communities program, which will lead to the company donating $250,000 of its building materials solutions later this year to transform educational spaces in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Georgia after a public vote on social media.

Saint-Gobain announces today that it has entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which the Group will acquire Kaycan, Ltd., a family-owned manufacturer and distributor of exterior building materials in Canada and in the United States, for US$928 million (approximately €860 million) in cash.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, has installed recycling technology at its gypsum wallboard plant in Nashville, Arkansas, which will allow the plant to recycle and reuse 65,000 tons of materials per year that otherwise would have been sent to a landfill.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, yesterday received the 2022 Better Project Award from the U.S. Department of Energy for the company’s recycling program at its gypsum wallboard plant in Silver Grove, Kentucky.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, today announced plans to invest $100 Million over the next two to three years to expand its CertainTeed roofing shingle manufacturing facility in Peachtree City, Georgia, more than doubling production capacity at that location.

Saint-Gobain, through its technical textile products subsidiary ADFORS Americas, Inc., today announced plans to invest $28 Million to expand its operations in Dublin, Georgia, creating 400 new jobs over the next two years and expanding its ability to serve customers during a time of growing demand.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, today announced the upcoming relocation of its CertainTeed Architectural facility in Lakewood, Ohio to a new, state-of-the-art facility in Strongsville, Ohio. The relocation increases the company’s manufacturing, storage and warehouse space at a time of unprecedented customer demand.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, today announced plans to invest $118.8 Million over the next five years to expand its CertainTeed roofing shingle manufacturing facility in Oxford, North Carolina, an investment that will support the company’s growing customer base in the southeastern United States.

Saint-Gobain North America, through its electrochromic glass subsidiary SageGlass, today announced that it will recycle over 1,000 tons of glass per year for the next five years, diverting the material from landfills and upcycling the components for future use through an agreement with a third-party processor based in Minnesota.

Saint-Gobain North America and its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC have received three 2022 Manufacturing Leadership Awards from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). The company was recognized for its achievements in digital network connectivity and circular economy, and one of the company’s research engineers has been recognized with a next-generation leadership award.

Saint-Gobain North America and its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC today announced that through its virtual Power Purchase Agreement (vPPA) with the Blooming Grove Wind Farm, and additional renewables contracting, the company has received renewable energy certificates (RECs) that effectively reduced approximately 33% of its CO2 emissions from electricity usage in 2021 in the United States and Canada.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, is investing $32 million to upgrade equipment at its insulation plant in Chowchilla, California, allowing the facility to expand its production capacity by 13%. The new oven, new furnace and additional new equipment installed at the plant will consume less natural gas and electricity, ultimately reducing the facility’s carbon footprint by more than 4,000 metric tons per year.

Saint-Gobain, one of the world’s largest building materials companies and a manufacturer of innovative material solutions, has received a score of 90 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index. The Corporate Equality Index is the world’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality.

Saint-Gobain has been awarded Global Top Employer certification by the Top Employers Institute for the seventh consecutive year. Only 11 companies in the world have received this label in 2022. The award comes months after the company launched its new global Grow and Impact strategy, in which one of the six priorities of action focuses on building a strong team in a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, has shipped its first STONEfaçade stone veneer panels from its newest plant in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, to customers in New England and the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed, today announced the company has installed recycling technology at its gypsum wallboard plant in Silver Grove, Kentucky, which will allow the plant to recycle and reuse 15,000 tons of paper per year that otherwise would have been sent to a landfill. The ambitious project comes only months after the company announced its new global Grow and Impact strategy, which includes reducing waste and increasing the circularity of raw materials at its manufacturing sites.

Saint-Gobain, and its building products subsidiary CertainTeed, today announced the company has finalized a lease agreement for the installation of solar projects at two of its manufacturing sites in Berlin and Wayne, New Jersey, supporting the sustainability efforts of the state’s electrical grid.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed, today announced the company will invest more than $400 Million to expand its production capacity at four key manufacturing locations in the United States to better serve its customers in a high growth environment.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, today announced the company has completed the installation of water recycling technology at its Kansas City insulation plant, which will reduce the plant’s consumption of water by 227 million gallons per year. The ambitious project comes only weeks after the company announced its new global Grow and Impact strategy, which includes reducing its consumption of natural resources at its production sites.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, today announced the company intends to build a new gypsum logistics facility that will be integrated into the remediation of a vacant Superfund site in Jacksonville, Florida, along the St. Johns River.

Saint-Gobain North America (SGNA) today announced the official launch of “Sustaining Futures, Raising Communities,” a program that will bring more sustainable construction to neighborhoods across North America. The first project will provide a Canton-area family with a zero energy ready, universal design home. Together with a local construction partner Charis Homes, SGNA broke ground in July 2021 to mark the official start of construction on its initial Sustaining Futures, Raising Communities house in North Canton, Ohio.

Saint-Gobain, the world’s largest building materials company, and ecomedes, developer of the leading sustainable building products platform, today announced a partnership to deliver a comprehensive sustainability data portal, saintgobain.ecomedes.com, for Saint-Gobain’s SageGlass and CertainTeed brands.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, has started up production at its newest North American production site, its first STONEfaçade plant, a state-of-the-art facility that increases the company’s capacity of this product by ten-fold, strategically located in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.

Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, has acquired Vi-Lux Building Products, a Canadian custom manufacturer of cellular polyvinyl chloride (PVC) molding and trim, adding to the company’s growing siding business and expanding its production capacity for specialty trim materials.