The first semester for Saint Gobain

Aug 29, 2007

29/08/07 - Saint Gobain, among the top one hundred industrial and distribution groups worldwide quoted on the stock exchange in Paris, London, Frankfurt, Zurich, Brussels and Amsterdam, has recorded sales in the first semester of the year for 21.779 billion Euro, a rise of 6% compared to the same period last year.

Double figures for the Building distribution division: +13.3% to 9.522 billion Euro. What is particularly positive is the progress in France, Scandinavia, South and Central Europe. The position in the UK has also improved.

The division has also recorded a rise in the operative margin, which reached 5.2%, rising from 5.0% for the first semester in 2006 and from 4.9% of 2005.