Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Aurora, OH, has acquired the assets of The Green Glue Company of West Fargo, ND, a manufacturer of visco-elastic soundproofing technology. Visco-elastic materials combine the properties of viscosity and elasticity to provide performance characteristics ideal for special acoustical insulation.
 
Green Glue supplies products to global construction customers. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics plans to integrate the Green Glue business into its Foams business unit. Saint-Gobain says the transaction will allow it to strengthen its offerings to residential and commercial markets.
 
The Green Glue products will continue to be marketed under the Green Glue brand.
 
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, part of Saint-Gobain’s High-Performance Materials Sector, is a supplier of high-performance plastics including flexible tubing applications, seals, coated fabrics, films, foams, polymer products, and bearings.
 
Headquartered in Paris, Saint-Gobain is an international producer of construction products, high-performance materials such as abrasives, high-performance plastics, industrial ceramics and reinforcements, flat glass and, packaging (glass bottles). The company is also a distributor of building materials. In 2007 Saint-Gobain had worldwide sales of $59 billion.