圣戈班研发

法国圣戈班集团<br><br>    圣戈班集团是实用材料的设计，生产及销售专家，这些材料包括汽车和建筑玻璃，玻璃瓶，管道系统，砂浆，石膏，耐火陶瓷，以及晶体。集团由五大业务部组成：平板玻璃，玻璃包装，建筑产品，建材分销和高功能材料。集团在50多个国家建立了生产企业。圣戈班的每一核心业务都是其市场上的佼佼者。<br><br>    圣戈班集团是世界工业集团百强之一。在世界各地拥有1200多家财务可合并子公司，全球员工人，营业额达416亿欧元，净利润16亿欧元，现金流量34亿欧元，工业投资22亿欧元。强名列第123位，建材类在百强中名列世界首位。圣戈班已在巴黎、伦敦、法兰克福、苏黎士、布鲁塞尔、阿姆斯特丹等交易所上市。<br><br>    圣戈班集团自1985年开始进入中国市场。集团针对不同市场分别为以下领域服务：汽车玻璃、玻璃包装、保温隔音材，玻璃增强纤维、陶瓷塑料、磨料磨具、管道系统及建材分销。集团在华已经设立41家企业、9家贸易公司、一家投资公司和一家研发中，企业员工总数已达多人，2006年在华企业的销售总额达6.4亿欧元。产品同时出口美国、日本及亚洲其它国家。<br><br>r&d at saint-gobain, in search of innovation. <br><br>saint-gobain spends over 350 million euros in research and development, and a staff of some 3000 are working in the group's 15 research centers, which are complemented by a large number of smaller development units specializing in pilot projects and other activities with the main production sites. <br><br>the objectives of this particularly important resource for saint-gobain in its innovation strategy are to prepare saint-gobain's future by developing attractive new products, by innovative use and combination of leading-edge materials while improving quality and performance of existing products to satisfy customer expectations, as well as protecting the environment by designing optimized utilization properties and recyclability into the products, by upgrading manufacturing processes, and by fostering safety and health considerations.<br><br>saint-gobain research (shanghai)<br><br>the new center in shanghai will become one of the major r&d center of saint-gobain and will be made up of three major parts: r&d groups, tss(technical share service) groups and general supporting groups. <br><br>technical shared services groups will include: <br>- physical characterization <br>- chemical characterization <br>- structural analysis <br>- material processing (general, polymer and furnacing) <br>- asia grinding technical center (agtc) <br>- computer simulation <br><br>research groups will include at the start: <br>- grains & powders <br>- crystals <br>- abrasives <br>- performance plastics <br>- ceramics <br>- automotive glass <br>- piping <br><br>the primary focus will be on: <br>1. research & development <br>2. piloting and testing <br>3. transfer / assign & license research testing <br>4. provide services for: plant start-ups, products and raw materials characterization, process optimization, application engineering, trouble shooting at customers and at plants, internal technical training, performance and quality monitoring