Saint Gobain - Honoring Veterans Through Employment

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Saint-Gobain’s tradition of excellence goes back more than 350 years when it was established near Paris, France in 1665. Today, Saint-Gobain is one of the world’s top 100 industrial corporations and a leader in a wide array of engineered materials. Saint-Gobain employs over 170,000 employees in over 66 countries.

After leaving the Army, Bronze Star Medal Recipient, Darren DaCosta finds a new home at Saint-Gobain.

Darren is a Production Supervisor at the Saint-Gobain, Aerospace Division, Puyallup, Washington. He specializes in planning and executing work required on composite and thermoformed plastic production parts in accordance with customer demands and FAA quality requirements. With a former career as a Technical Program Manager and Maintenance Officer in the United States Army, Darren brings extensive leadership in logistical management and quality assurance.

Chuck "CJ" Price transitioned from a career as an Aviator in the Marine Corps to Mechanical Engineering with Saint-Gobain.

CJ is the Quality Manager at Saint Gobain Performance Plastics, an aerospace supplier in Puyallup, WA, specializing in composite and thermoformed plastic manufacturing. His mission is to deliver aerospacecompliant manufacturing and quality engineering, reinforced with a former career as an Aviator and Detachment Commander in the United States Marine Corps.

In 2010, Saint-Gobain marked the completion of the move of the its Performance Plastics manufacturing facility from Seattle to a new location in Puyallup with a ceremony attended by Washington Governor Chris Gregoire, company executives from throughout North America, as well as business and community leaders. Just 30 minutes from Joint Base Lewis McChord, the state-of-the-art facility at 507 North Levee Road in Puyallup manufactures high performance plastics and composite parts, primarily for the aerospace industry.

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Saint-Gobain just moved to a new state of the art North American headquarters in Malvern, Pennsylvania, with a presence in PA for more than 40 years. Today, Saint- Gobain has more than 265 locations across North America, with approximately 15,000 employees. In 2014, the company reported U.S. and Canadian sales of approximately $6.2 billion. At Saint-Gobain North America, we know diversity is a competitive advantage. We believe the best ideas are born when teams are given the opportunity to come together and work as one. Saint-Gobain North America is committed to ensuring it recruits and selects the very best people for its workforce and at all levels within the organization. A career at Saint-Gobain can take many forms, directions and shapes. With dozens of locations and thousands of employees, we know we need a workplace that reflects different lifestyles and needs. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics (PPL) has headquarters in Solon, Ohio and is world’s leading producer of engineered, high-performance polymer products. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics serves virtually every industry across the globe. Our advanced plastics are used in a broad range of challenging applications — from the bearings and seals found on Formula 1 race cars to radomes that protect radar devices on commercial and military aircraft. Backed by a deep heritage of product innovation, technological expertise and market leadership, the Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics team has a reputation for working with its customers to solve their most pressing business challenges.