Saint-Gobain, the world leader in the habitat and construction markets, designs, manufactures and distributes building and high-performance materials, providing innovative solutions to the challenges of growth, energy efficiency and environmental protection. Belanos is a new process developed by Saint-Gobain to manufacture sapphire wafers.

112 Barnum Road is an existing 448,000 SF facility of contiguous floor space with a utility mezzanine. The facility was constructed in 2008 and operated by Evergreen Solar until 2011. Saint-Gobain intends to utilize approximately 200,000-SF of space. The program will include office areas, a class 100 clean room with 100% HEPA filter coverage and various enclosed manufacturing areas. Process utilities included cooling water, RODI water, industrial waste and exhaust and medium voltage power distribution to (16) 3,000-kVA unit sub-stations.