Appointment

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
21 November 2003


  press
  release


                         Christian Streiff will become
            Chief Operating Officer of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain on
                                 April 1, 2004


At its November 20, 2003 meeting, the Board of Directors of Compagnie de
Saint-Gobain - acting on the recommendation of Jean-Louis Beffa, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer - appointed Christian Streiff as Chief Operating
Officer. Mr Streiff will be replacing Gianpaolo Caccini.

This decision will take effect from April 1, 2004, on which date Gianpaolo
Caccini will be retiring.

The Board of Directors thanked Mr. Caccini for the major contribution and
commitment he has given to the Saint-Gobain Group over the past 30 years.

Born in September 1954, Christian Streiff is a Civil Engineering Graduate of the
Ecole des Mines de Paris. He has been with the Group since 1979. Having occupied
several posts in Germany with Halbergerhutte (Pipe Division) and Vetrotex
Deutschland (Reinforcements), he worked in Italy with Vetr.I. (Containers). In
1994 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Saint-Gobain Emballage. On
January 1, 1997, he was named President of the Pipe Division and Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Pont-a-Mousson SA. Since October 15, 2001, he has
carried out the functions of Senior Vice-President of the Saint-Gobain Group and
President of the Abrasives and the Ceramics & Plastics Divisions.

Born in August 1938, Gianpaolo Caccini has a doctorate in chemistry. He held
several posts in Italy before being appointed Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Saint-Gobain Desjonqueres in 1988. In 1991 he was named President of
the Insulation and Reinforcements Division, and in October 1996 was appointed
Senior Vice-President of the Saint-Gobain Group, as well as General Delegate to
the United States and Canada. He has held the post of Group Chief Operating
Officer since September 1, 2000.


November 20, 2003


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