Saint-Gobain, the 358-year-old French manufacturer of plasterboard and glass — which supplied glass for the iconic Louvre Museum in Paris — is excited that its products have a natural fit with low-carbon construction. B Santhanam, CEO, Asia-Pacific and India region, and Chairman, Saint-Gobain India“Lighter buildings,” says B Santhanam, CEO, Asia-Pacific and India region, and Chairman, Saint-Gobain India, “take less energy while building and hence less carbon dioxide. Making glass starts with melting sand (or recycled broken glass called ‘cullets’) and letting the transparent liquid float on a flat surface to slowly solidify into glass. Saint-Gobain and Japanese firm Asahi Glass are on to a joint R&D programme to develop a 100 per cent electricity-fired furnace for making glass. Recently, the company concluded the takeover of Twiga, an Uttar Pradesh-based company that makes glass wool, under a Saint-Gobain license.

Source: The Hindu May 07, 2023 20:20 UTC