France: Saint-Gobain’s consolidated sales in the first nine months of 2021 were Euro32.9bn, up by 18% year-on-year from Euro27.9bn in the corresponding period of 2020. During the period, the company’s North Europe region’s sales increased by 18% to Euro11.2bn from Euro9.49bn, its Southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa sales increased by 18% to Euro10.6bn from Euro9bn, its Americas sales increased by 20% to Euro5.07bn from Euro4.22bn and its Asia-Pacific sales increased by 25% to Euro1.32bn from Euro1.06bn.
The group said that its strategic priorities are to accelerate its growth and impact and to continue profitability and performance-focused initiatives in order to maintain robust margins and strong free cash flow generation. In the full year of 2021, it is targeting record operating income and close-to-record second-half operating income.
