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Saint-Gobain is a major French-headquartered international materials manufacturer, making products for use in building construction, transportation, infrastructure, health, aerospace, energy and consumer products. In China, Saint-Gobain has a major presence and a top notch in-house legal team directed by Xiaoju Feng, general counsel for Asia Pacific. The team provides legal and compliance guidance across 14 jurisdictions, with over 100 entities and 15,000 employees, whilst helping the company generate €2.5bn of revenue. In April 2018, Saint-Gobain announced that it was increasing its production of plate glass in its Zibo production facility in North Eastern China by 50%, reaching a capacity of 160,000 tonnes per year. The local in-house legal team is credited for helping the company achieve this in addition to executing a strategic agreement between Saint-Gobain China and Tuhu.cn, a car maintenance services provider, to better serve China’s automotive aftermarket in June 2018.