European cement news

The company has launched PHARE, an innovative tool enabling the carbon footprint of Hoffmann concrete to be calculated online.

The acquisition will further expand Saint-Gobain’s presence in the growing construction chemicals market with combined sales of more than €3 billion across 66 countries.

As part of its portfolio optimisation and margin improvement programme in its North American business, HeidelbergCement has signed an agreement to sell its business activities in the U.S. West region to the U.S. based company Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

The company has launched EnviroMix, a global range of innovative products and services aimed at reducing and controlling the carbon footprint of concrete.

The CSC certificate certifies that the company has managed cement production in an ecologically, socially and economically responsible manner, which also takes into account the entire value chain.

The company’s noncontact and nonintrusive radiometric level measurement technology provides accurate and reliable clinker level measurement and ensures high production rates, optimal efficiency, and product quality.

Cimpor has called upon FLSmidth to deliver a chlorine bypass solution for their site in Souselas, Portugal.

The company has announced that it has acquired Balcke-Dürr Rothemühle GmbH from Mutares SE & Co. The transaction closed on 29 Jan 2021.

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched Open Challenge, a global programme to bring together tech start-ups and the cement and concrete industry to help accelerate the development of innovative new low-carbon technologies.

The first residential house in Germany to be built with a 3D concrete printer has won the German Innovation Award from the German Design Council.