Holcim has closed the acquisition of Alkern, a leading French manufacturer of precast concrete, with estimated net sales of around €250m in 2025. Alkern additionally offers a range of building...
The cement industry is going to great lengths to lower the high carbon emissions generated during cement production. One important aim – among many others – is to reduce the proportion of clinker as...
As we start the new year, our view inevitably turns to the future. Our industry has high expectations for 2026 – and I, too, hope for a year that will give us new momentum. At the same time, I have...
Hesse‘s tallest kindergarten is currently being built in Schmitten-Oberreifenberg (Taunus), right next to the Feldberg. The building is being constructed as an environmentally friendly KfW 40 building...
On December 4, 2025, Finnish concrete element technology innovator Elematic Oyj acquired the precast concrete business of German company Vollert Anlagenbau GmbH as part of its strategy to transform...
Lithonplus is a subsidiary of Heidelberg Materials AG and Schwenk Zement GmbH & Co. KG and is one of the leading concrete product manufacturers in Germany. A team of 600 employees works at 18...
Founded in 1992, Ilmar Mendes e Rodrigues Lda is a Portugal-based company specializing in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of machines and equipment to produce concrete products....
Remei & BPB GmbH & Co. KG is investing approximately €5 million in its Blomberg site and constructing a new chemical production facility covering approximately 2,500 m² for sustainable and...
One of Germany‘s most modern biomass cogeneration plants is being built on part of a 13.5-hectare expansion area belonging to a biotechnology company in the Upper Bavarian district of...
