SWOT Analysis.

Provides a business analysis of Saint-Gobain plc, a manufacturer of flat glass in Europe, focusing on its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities for improvement and threats to the company. Strengths, including benefits derived from its effective business model and strong research and development; Weaknesses, including its concentration of sales in European countries and asbestos-related claims in the U.S.; Opportunities for improvement, including growth opportunities in emerging countries and organic and inorganic growth potential; Threats to the company, including soaring energy costs and raw material prices and currency rate fluctuations.