Health and Biomedical
Saint-Gobain supplies the health market with high-performance plastic materials and components used for a very wide range of applications.
Plastics
The Group develops high-performance plastics for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical markets. The reference leader with its Tygon®, C-Flex® and Sani-Tech® brands, Saint-Gobain supplies a wide range of products (tubings, bags, etc) serving the most critical medical applications. They are molded or extruded as standard or custom-made products in thermoplastics, silicon, fluoropolymers or elastomers.
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics supplies OmniSeal® spring energized seals for the world’s only battery-powered endoscopic stapler that is fully automated and reusable.
Paintable fabrics
Saint-Gobain Adfors paintable wall coverings are designed using high-performance fabrics woven from glass yarn and provide health properties that are particularly suited to medical contexts. Novelio® Mold-X contains an active antibacterial agent that contributes to health safety. In particular, it is used in hospital and clinic patient rooms, rest rooms and unventilated areas in health buildings. The Novelio® Clean Air wall covering improves the health of the indoor atmosphere by absorbing 70% of the volatile organic compounds released by cleaning products and particle-board furniture.
Ceilings & Drywall
With its acoustic ceiling tiles, Saint-Gobain Gyproc provides customized solutions for health establishments, helping reduce stress levels among hospital staff and patients. The air quality inside health buildings is also a major concern. In response to this need, Gyproc developed the Activ’Air® technology for its plasterboard, which treats indoor air by neutralizing formaldehydes, one of the main volatile organic compounds.
More than that, Saint-Gobain Gyproc now introducing XRoc™ , Lead-free x-ray protection board that provide optimum protection from X-Ray radiation. Various solutions above are suitable to be used in any Gyproc’s wall and partition systems for radiology room such as in hospital, veterinary clinic, dental clinic, and laboratory.
Scintillators
Saint-Gobain Crystals manufactures scintillators for the medical imaging industry. They facilitate and improve the detection and diagnosis of certain diseases.
Glass fiber fabrics for the construction and industry markets
Sealable and weldable TPE tubing for biopharmaceutical production
High-performance polymer seals for industrial, energy, and aerospace applications
High-performance bearings and components for mechanical, electrical and chemical applications
Meeting Your Needs for Chemical Protection
Who we are ?
Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and solutions which are key ingredients in the wellbeing of each of us and the future of all. They can be found everywhere in our living places and our daily life: in buildings, transportation, infrastructure and in many industrial applications. They provide comfort, performance and safety while addressing the challenges of sustainable construction, resource efficiency and climate change.