Saint-Gobain Headquarters & offices · Courbevoie, France

Tour Saint-Gobain, Paris La Défense

Source: saint-gobain.com/en/contact · Saint-Gobain Showroom page · See them on the map ↓

Source: saint-gobain.com “La Tour Saint-Gobain” (height, levels, dates, partners, certifications) · Valode & Pistre project page (area, workstations, competition, award). Valode & Pistre gives 170 m and Paris La Défense lists 167 m and 48,146 m²; we use Saint-Gobain's 165 m.

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Benefits (worldwide minimums and France)

Source: peg.saint-gobain.com (PEG 2026, “L'offre en bref”, France) · saint-gobain.com, CARE by Saint-Gobain (launched Jan 1, 2020; all employees covered since Dec 2022)

Why people stay: what Saint-Gobain itself says

Source: saint-gobain.com careers (“Les 7 bonnes raisons de nous rejoindre”) · Top Employer news, Jan 15, 2026 · peg.saint-gobain.com (France, 2026)

Who works here

Source: saint-gobain.com “Saint-Gobain in figures” (2025) and careers page · Universal Registration Document 2021, non-financial results (gender)

Office history: from a royal mirror workshop to a glass tower

1. 1665
   Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Paris — the royal mirror manufactory

   In October 1665 Louis XIV signed letters patent creating the Manufacture royale de glaces à miroirs, at the urging of his minister Colbert, to break Venice's hold on Europe's mirror market. The workshop was set up in the faubourg Saint-Antoine in Paris; its early years were technically and financially hard.

   Source: Saint-Gobain Archives, “1665: Louis XIV fonde la Manufacture royale des glaces à miroirs” · saint-gobain.com, Our history

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2. 1692
   The village of Saint-Gobain, Picardy — where the name comes from

   A glassworks opened in the village of Saint-Gobain, using a revolutionary process: casting glass on a metal table. It was first run by the rival Compagnie Thévart; the two companies merged a few years later under royal pressure, and Saint-Gobain became the main production site that gave the company its name.

   Source: Saint-Gobain Archives, “1692: une manufacture s'installe dans le village de Saint-Gobain” · saint-gobain.com, Our history

   

   
3. 1898
   Place des Saussaies, Paris — a new head office

   Drawings of 1898 show the façade of the new head office on the place des Saussaies in Paris. In 1922 the company's first central research laboratory was set up in its basement and top floor.

   Source: Saint-Gobain Archives (façade drawing, 1898; research laboratory, 1920s)

   

4. 1959
   Neuilly-sur-Seine — a modern headquarters

   A new head office opened in Neuilly in 1959, replacing the 1900 building on the place des Saussaies — a modern showcase and the nerve centre of an international group. In June 1970 the new leadership of Saint-Gobain-Pont-à-Mousson was photographed there.

   Source: Saint-Gobain Archives (Neuilly switchboard film, 1963; Roger Martin and the new executive team, 1970)

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5. 1981
   Les Miroirs, La Défense — 16 floors, 57,000 m²

   The “Les Miroirs” complex in Courbevoie was built in 1981 by architect Henri La Fonta: 16 floors and 57,000 m² (≈ 613,500 sq ft). Saint-Gobain moved in at the start of the 1980s after leaving Neuilly.

   Source: Saint-Gobain Archives, “Siège social de Saint-Gobain « Les Miroirs », gravure par Jean Gardet, 1985”

   

6. 2020
   Tour Saint-Gobain — 165 m of Saint-Gobain glass

   Construction began in May 2016 and the tower was delivered in the first quarter of 2020. It brought together the head offices of most of the Group's businesses in the Paris region; employees moved in during June 2020, and the public showroom at its foot opened in September 2020.

   Source: saint-gobain.com “La Tour Saint-Gobain” and news of June 19 and Sep 15, 2020

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Map: how the headquarters moved

From a workshop in eastern Paris to a village in Picardy, back to central Paris, then west to Neuilly and finally La Défense — where Saint-Gobain has now stayed for more than 40 years, moving only a few hundred metres from Les Miroirs to its own tower.

Places: Saint-Gobain Archives · saint-gobain.com/en/contact. Points for the faubourg Saint-Antoine, Neuilly and Les Miroirs are approximate.

What Saint-Gobain does

Saint-Gobain began in 1665 as the royal mirror-glass manufactory of Louis XIV. Today it makes materials and solutions for construction and industry — glass, plaster, insulation, mortars, ceramics and more — under the purpose “Making the world a better home”.

Four regional businesses plus a global High Performance Solutions unit.

Source: saint-gobain.com “Saint-Gobain in figures” (2025 figures) · Corporate governance page (organization)

Chief executives

Founded by letters patent of Louis XIV in October 1665, at the instigation of Colbert; the privilege went to the financier Nicolas Dunoyer and his partners.

Source: saint-gobain.com Corporate governance · Saint-Gobain Archives (1665)

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Saint-Gobain: questions people ask