About us

In the UK and Ireland, Saint-Gobain operations span across 4 operating sectors and over 1000 sites.

Saint-Gobain Sectors in the UK and Ireland

• Construction Products
• Innovative Materials – Flat Glass
• Innovative Materials – High-Performance Materials
• Building Distribution

Construction Products

The Construction Products sector includes the insulation, pipe, industrial mortars, exterior products and gypsum activities.

Insulation

• Saint-Gobain Ecophon
• Saint-Gobain Isover
• Saint-Gobain Cultilene

Gypsum

• Artex
• British Gypsum
• Formula
• Gypsum Industries 

Pipe

• Saint-Gobain PAM

Industrial mortars

• Weber

Innovative Materials – Flat Glass

The Flat Glass division produces flat glass, processes and distributes glass for the construction and automotive markets and produces specialty glass, including products for home appliances, nuclear safety glass, fireproof glass and glass for electronic applications.

• Saint-Gobain Glass
• Saint-Gobain Sekurit
• Solaglas
• Solaglas Windowcare
• Swisspacer
• Vetrotech
• Quantum

Innovative Materials – High-Performance Materials

High-Performance Materials focus on products for industrial and construction markets. Its expertise lie in three families of materials: mineral ceramics (ceramics, grains, powders, abrasives and crystals), performance polymers (performance plastics) and glass fabrics (textile solutions).

Ceramics

• Saint-Gobain Industrial Ceramics

Plastics

• Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
• Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Ireland
• Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Rencol
• Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Tygaflor

Abrasives

• Saint-Gobain Abrasives

Textile solutions

• Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics

Building Distribution

The Building Distribution sector is Europe’s leading distributor of building materials and the number one distributor of tiling in the World. In the UK and Ireland, the Building Distribution division has over 900 sites, including general and specialist merchants, plus distribution and logistics operations.

Architectural Ironmongery

• George Boyd

Decorative Surfaces

• International Decorative Surfaces
• The Makeover Centre

General Builders Merchants

• Archibalds
• Chadwicks
• Coen Holdings Ltd
• E P Builders Merchants
• Easter Ross Building Supplies
• First Stop Builders Merchants Ltd
• Gibbs & Dandy
• Highland Steel & Building Supplies
• J S Millington
• J.P. Corry
• Jewson
• Local Building Supplies
• Lonergan Hardware Ltd
• Matthew Charlton
• Moreys
• Normans
• Parkhead Building Supplies Ltd
• Roger W.Jones
• Simmons Builders Merchants Ltd
• Winterson Hardware Supplies

Insulation and drylining

• C P Insulations (Holdings) Ltd
• Minster Insulation and Drylining

Pipeline, drainage and waste solutions

• Ashworth
• Frazer

Plumbing, heating and sanitaryware

• Bassetts
• Cakebread Robey
• Curzon
• Domestic Heating Services (DHS)
• Falcon Plumbing & Heating Supplies
• G&B P&H Supplies
• Graham
• Heron Plumbing & Heating Supplies
• Ideal Bathrooms Ltd
• In-Line Sales and Distribution Ltd
• Living Works
• Neville Lumb
• OBT Heating & Plumbing Services Ltd
• Priority Plumbing Supplies
• Solihull Bathroom Centre

Sustainable solutions and water conservation products

• Greenworks

Tiles

• Ceramic Tile Distributors
• Swedecor
• The Makeover Centre
• Tile Base
• World's End Tiles

Timber

• ARDS Timber
• Calders and Grandidge
• Castle Timber
• Grays Timber Products
• International Timber
• Jewson Internal Timber Supply
• Kantor Ltd
• Merton Timber
• Morgan (Timber & Boards)
• Nixon Knowles
• Pasquill
• Tyneside Timber

Tools

• Blackpool Power Tools
• Merton Power Tools