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Saint-Gobain Crystals Announces Opening of New Production Facility in Hiram, Ohio
CLEVELAND, July 21 PRNewswire — On Tuesday, July 29, 2008, Saint-Gobain Crystals will inaugurate its new headquarters and production facility in Hiram, Ohio.
The 110,000 square foot building substantially replaces the company's operations in Newbury, Ohio, expanding production of Crystals' Scintillation business unit and enhancing efficiencies of the division's global operations.
With increasing domestic and international demand for Crystals-division products, leaders of Paris-based parent company Compagnie de Saint-Gobain approved the Hiram project in September 2007.
Jacques Aschenbroich, President and Chief Executive Officer of Saint-Gobain in North America, said, "The Hiram facility was designed to maximize production efficiency. It will help us develop our scintillation and detector business, and will serve as a model in our industry for many years to come."
Said James Thomson, President of Saint-Gobain Crystals, "This investment represents a strong commitment by Saint-Gobain to Northeast Ohio. The knowledge, skill and experience of our local workforce are significant assets that factored into the investment decision. Support from local, regional and state-level governments including assistance with utility installations and tax and training incentives also made the decision to build in Hiram very appealing for Saint-Gobain."
More than 250 people are employed in Saint-Gobain's Northeast Ohio Scintillation business unit, designing and fabricating detectors that are incorporated into devices used for medical diagnosis, gas and oil exploration, and lighting, aerospace and security applications.
Scintillation has a significant contract to supply the U.S. Department of Homeland Security with detectors for the next generation of scanning devices to be employed at border crossings and container and freight trans-border facilities.
Saint-Gobain has conducted research, development, and production and business operations out of a campus of buildings in Newbury since acquiring Bicron Corporation, in 1990. In 2000, Crystals, was established as an international division of the Saint-Gobain High Performance Materials business. The Crystals division manages 16 locations in nine countries in the U.S., Europe and Asia with approximately 1,300 employees.
Political, business and diplomatic dignitaries are scheduled to attend the July 29 invitation-only Hiram grand opening event, including representatives of federal, state and county governments, and foreign embassy officials.
Paris-based Compagnie Saint-Gobain is a global manufacturer and distributor of construction products, glass containers and innovative materials. Founded in 1665, Saint-Gobain had worldwide sales of $59 billion in 2007 and employs approximately 207,000 people. The company has 330 locations in North America employing more than 25,000 people, including more than 1,000 employees in the state of Ohio.
Saint-Gobain businesses in North America include CertainTeed (Valley Forge, Pennsylvania), Norandex Building Materials Distribution (Macedonia, Ohio); Saint-Gobain Containers (Muncie, Indiana), Saint-Gobain Crystals (Hiram, Ohio), Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics (Louisville, Kentucky), Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics (Aurora, Ohio), Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics (Grand Island, New York), and Saint-Gobain Abrasives (Worcester, Massachusetts).
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