New Merit Abrasives Web Site Provides Comprehensive Information For Abrasives Users


www.meritabrasives.com informs and educates industrial abrasives users --

WORCESTER, Mass., April 20, 2006 -- Saint-Gobain Abrasives recently launched a new web site for its Merit line of abrasives products: www.meritabrasives.com. The totally redesigned site has a new, clean, easy-to-use format that includes the latest information on new products, MSDS files, product pictures, logos, and PDF files of available Merit sales literature. Visitors can use the web site's search tool to find complete listing information on specific products or applications or to locate a specific UPC.

Products are divided into sections that correspond to the new 2006/2007 Merit catalog. Visitors can use the web site's catalog to get a product overview, as well as information on products for specific applications. For a full list of all available printed Merit literature, the site offers access to the Literature Request form from any screen.

The new Merit web site sections are:
o About Us
o News and Events
o Library
o Locations
o Product Pictures
o MSDS
o Contact Us
o Saint-Gobain.com (Saint-Gobain's main web site with access to sites for every Saint-Gobain division)

Merit is a brand of Saint-Gobain Abrasives, a division of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. Saint-Gobain (Paris) is a leading producer of construction products (building materials, gypsum products, insulation and pipe), high-performance materials (abrasives, ceramics, high-performance plastics, and reinforcements), flat glass, and glass containers. The company is also a leading distributor of building products in Europe. One of the top 100 industrial companies in the world, Saint-Gobain's 2005 sales approximated $43.7 billion. In the United States and Canada, Saint-Gobain employs about 25,000 people and has approximately 200 manufacturing locations. Saint-Gobain's web site is www.saint-gobain.com.

The Merit web site is www.meritabrasives.com.

Contact: Barry Cole
Merit Abrasives
508-795-5709
Barry.D.Cole@saint-gobain.com

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