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Strategic drivers for sustainable growth Sustainable differentiation through innovation and R&D

In 2017, Saint-Gobain signed a collaboration agreement in Chimie Industrielle, Paris) in “Physics and Chemistry of particular with Shanghai Jiao Tong-Antai University as well as Innovating Materials”.

a strategic five-year partnership agreement with Université Technologique de Compiègne (France) which will lead to research into predictive maintenance, and the application of Big Data to the optimization of processes, autonomous vehicles and flat glass of the future. The Group also renewed the Chair with the ESPCI (École Supérieure de Physique

Lastly, the Group encourages intrapreneurship amongst employees through an initiative known as Saint-Gobain Intrapreneurs. Employees with a project that is viable for the Group can focus on developing it for a period of 18 months, to enhance agility and performance.

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