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Saint-Gobain PAM
European market leader in ductile iron pipe; 75% of European sales from French facilities; invested in low-carbon electric furnace; 18% capacity expansion 2024
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Ductile Iron Pipe (PAM)
70%Fittings & Accessories
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Origin2023
Saint-Gobain PAM is the ductile iron pipe subsidiary of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain — a company founded in 1665 by King Louis XIV of France to produce glass mirrors, competing with the Venetian monopoly on mirror manufacturing. Louis XIV wanted Versailles to outshine Venice; the company he created made the 357 mirrors in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles (completed 1686). Saint-Gobain has been in continuous operation since 1665 — making it one of the world's oldest continuously operating industrial companies at 360 years. The company diversified through the industrial era from mirror glass to flat glass (windows) to glass wool insulation to specialty construction materials, and in 1970 acquired Pont-à-Mousson (PAM) — an iron pipe manufacturer in the historic iron and steel region of Lorraine, France. PAM had been making iron water mains since the 19th century, and Saint-Gobain's acquisition added water infrastructure to a glass and construction materials company. A company created by Sun King Louis XIV to make mirrors for Versailles now makes the underground ductile iron pipes that distribute drinking water in European cities — three and a half centuries of continuous operation spanning from royal palace decoration to municipal water infrastructure.
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