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One ambition: to improve the well-being of all A Group organization to serve customer and market needs

The Construction Products Sector’s aim is to become the reference in sustainable construction and drinking water supply solutions. It relies on its five constituent Activities, which provide systems and bespoke solutions for the interior and exterior home improvement markets.

Interior solutions 5.2.1 The interior solutions product line encompasses three main product groups: plaster and plasterboard, acoustic and thermal insulation products, and ceiling solutions. These products and solutions are used in new building and renovation, contributing to everyday wellbeing in healthy, high-performance, comfortable buildings. The Gypsum and Ceilings Activity extracts and processes gypsum into a wide array of plaster products for construction and decoration. These solutions are intended for use in partitions and facings for walls, ceilings and floors. They meet high technical specifications in terms of fire and damp resistance and thermal and acoustic insulation. Easy to install, the products also meet growing customer demand for a comfortable and visually pleasing home environment. The Gypsum and Ceilings Activity offers solutions that comply with the highest technological standards and promote their widespread adoption, and remain a step ahead of new

regulations concerning, for example, the elimination of formaldehyde to improve interior air quality. The Insulation Activity designs, develops and markets products, systems and solutions for thermal and acoustic building insulation as well as for industrial applications. Its line of products made from mineral wool (glass wool and stone wool), polystyrene foam, polyurethane and, most recently, wood fiber, caters for the needs of the residential and commercial building markets. Here, they are used to insulate the building envelope (roofs, walls and floors) in order to reduce energy consumption and improve comfort with insulation from noise pollution. Other needs are also addressed, such as heating and air conditioning system insulation. Finally, some products also afford technical solutions for industrial facilities, the transport sector and various niche industries.

Main brands

Positioning Plaster-based solutions for insulation and interior solutions

Acoustic panel systems, walls and ceilings

World leader in sustainable insulation solutions for building and technical markets

Construction Products specifically for North American buildings Leader in the UK in PIR insulation solutions for building and the technical markets

Exterior solutions 5.2.2 The Construction Products Sector provides a wide range of solutions for exterior improvement, combining performance and architectural improvement. These solutions help to guarantee the sustainable supply of drinking water, and the visual appeal and energy efficiency of buildings, roofs and exterior walls in both new building and renovation. The Mortars Activity is the world leader in its field. It provides a wide range of solutions to protect, insulate and decorate the exterior walls of single-family dwellings and multi-unit housing, commercial and industrial buildings. Its special tiling solutions ensure safety and ease of use. In flooring, its solutions cover various fields of application: new and renovated subfloors, leveling and finishing prior to laying a floor, decoration with the use of self-colored mortars, technical solutions for areas of high footfall, and underfloor heating. A range of technical mortars is available, covering all areas of construction, to help in structural work or rework. The Activity also offers delivery of expanded clay. Lastly, a line of admixtures caters for the growing demand for improved technical properties in concrete for use in construction.

The Pipe Activity offers complete solutions leveraging drawing on more than 160 years of experience in the water supply market to meet the highest expectations. It produces and markets ductile cast iron pipe systems for drinking water and sewage systems, steel products for highways and roadways, and wastewater and rainwater drainage systems for buildings. It is also active in the mining, hydroelectric and manufacturing markets. The Exterior Products Activity is active in the North American construction market with a complete range of products specifically for the North American construction market. For roofs, it offers premium asphalt and composite shingles in a wide range of styles and colors. For exterior walls, it provides solutions covering vinyl, polymer shake and insulated siding products in a multitude of materials (PVC, polypropylene, etc.). Easy to maintain, these products are known for combining visual appeal and durability. The Activity also offers complete exterior solutions for single-family and multi-family dwellings, with fencing, decking and railing products in PVC and composite materials.

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