r&D at Holcim
We have the largest R&D organization in the industry. To spread innovation across our markets, our researchers work in close collaboration with our global network of regional innovation hubs, from Mexico to Montreal. Together with our commercial teams, our researchers support our customers with all their building needs from concept to creation.
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“At Holcim, we know that innovation is permanent and fast-moving. To stay at the leading edge of our industry, we track the latest trends and innovations while continuously growing our capabilities. Our next-generation technologies and solutions are helping decarbonize building.”
R&D TO DECARBONIZE BUILDING
As a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, our R&D projects are powering our efforts to decarbonize building across its entire lifecycle.
GREEN OPERATIONS
We are advancing carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies to decarbonize our operations with more than 50 projects around the world, including 6 supported by the EU Innovation Fund. Holcim scientists are also working to scale up green formulation, decarbonizing our cement and concrete mixes with innovative raw materials like calcined clay.
BUILDING BETTER WITH LESS
Our R&D teams are developing new formulas for our flagship low-carbon concrete and cement ranges, ECOPact and ECOPlanet, and working to scale up the Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) that certify them. We are also advancing technologies to decarbonize construction through smart design and reduced material use, such as 3D concrete printing.
CIRCULAR CONSTRUCTION
Our researchers are working to scale up ECOCycle®, our proprietary technology to recycle construction demolition materials into circular cements and concretes. From deploying innovative material processing technologies to developing the world’s first fully recycled concrete, we are driving circular construction.
MAKING BUILDINGS SUSTAINABLE
Our innovations are making buildings sustainable in use: from Hydromedia permeable concrete bringing nature into cities by enabling urban forests, to Airium mineral foam improving energy efficiency by better insulating buildings.
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