| In the year 2000, Chemfab® was acquired by Saint-Gobain, a large global corporation renowned for its expertise in glass technology. Saint-Gobain was created in 1665 as part of the plan devised by Louis XIV and Colbert to restore the French economy. Entrusted to private entrepreneurs, the company broke with the factory tradition by organizing glass production on an industrial basis. It provided the glass for the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles and more recently for the pyramid entrance to the Louvre in Paris.
The Saint-Gobain Corporation is a world leader in each of its competencies. It is among the Global Five Hundred companies and is among the 100 world leading industrial corporations. Saint-Gobain operates in more than 59 countries with +209,000 employees and annual sales over €43 billion (2008). Saint-Gobain companies lead the world in a number of engineered materials market segments, including advanced ceramics, abrasives, insulation, containers and building materials. The Advanced Films and Fabrics sector of Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics is the global leader in the design, development and manufacture of high-performance CHEMFAB® brand coated fabric products that combine outstanding chemical, thermal, and weathering properties with strength and durability. Numerous covered landmark, retail, transportation, specialty and sports facilities incorporate our specialty-coated SHEERFILL® and FABRASORB® fabrics in tensile roof structures to create stunning architectural profiles. We also design, fabricate, and sell specialty-coated fabrics for spherical radomes that protect valuable high technology antennas and other communications equipment. | 
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