PARIS, May 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Saint-Gobain has acquired ZenPure, a company specializing in the
development and manufacture of filtration products, mainly for the
life sciences sector.
Created in 2002, ZenPure designs custom filters manufactured in
a state-of-the-art plant in Hangzhou,
China. The products are marketed and sold across the globe
and will bolster the range of fluid systems made by Saint-Gobain's
Plastics business.
This acquisition is fully in line with the Group's strategy of
strengthening its positions in high-performance solutions on
fast-growing markets.
ABOUT SAINT-GOBAIN
In 2015, Saint-Gobain is celebrating its
350th anniversary, 350 reasons to
believe in the future. Backed by its experience and its capacity to
continuously innovate, Saint-Gobain, the world leader in the
habitat and construction market, designs, manufactures and
distributes high-performance and building materials providing
innovative solutions to the challenges of growth, energy efficiency
and environmental protection. With 2014 sales of €41 billion,
Saint-Gobain operates in 64 countries and has over 180,000
employees. For more information about Saint-Gobain,
visit http://www.saint-gobain.com and
the twitter account @saintgobain or download
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Worldwide leader in performance plastics, Saint-Gobain
Performance Plastics is headquartered at Aurora, Ohio (United
States). The company has 5,700 employees in 18 different
countries and offers a wide range of products such as films, foams,
coated fabrics, bearings, seals and fluid systems. For more
information,
visit http://www.saint-gobain.com
and http://www.plastics.saint-gobain.com.
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SOURCE Saint-Gobain