2 April 2025 – Ecocem, Europe’s leader in low-carbon cement technologies, has announced today the signing of a partnership agreement with TITAN Group, a leading international business in the building and infrastructure materials industry, to co-develop and deliver innovative low-carbon cements.
Focusing initially on the Greek market, TITAN and Ecocem will work together to co-develop and deploy a bespoke version of ACT, Ecocem’s scalable low-carbon cement technology. The new low-carbon cement will be created by replacing a substantial portion of clinker with locally sourced supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), which will reduce the carbon footprint of cement by up to 70%, while meeting materials performance targets.
The first volumes of this bespoke version of ACT will be available in Greece. This collaboration marks a key step in TITAN’s journey toward net-zero emissions and aligns with its strategic goal of expanding its innovative product portfolio. This agreement will deliver efficient and cost-effective solutions which can be readily adopted.
For Ecocem, this deal represents a significant first. This co-development and technology transfer agreement is the first Ecocem has signed with a major cement producer, and the first commercial initiative to focus on working with a range of SCMs beyond slag.
These developments will have a sizeable positive impact on the carbon footprint of the wider construction supply chain. Cement is estimated to account for around 50% of the embodied carbon in new building projects, and almost 8% of the world’s total CO2 output.
Donal O’Riain, Founder and Group Managing Director of Ecocem, continued: “Signing this co-development and technology transfer agreement with a partner of TITAN Group’s size and calibre is a real demonstration of confidence in our ACT technology. It’s also testament to the value of our focus on research and innovation and our ability to take pioneering new approaches for low-carbon cement from the lab to the construction site.
ACT technology reduces emissions by using cement with much greater efficiency and without requiring a significant green premium. This partnership has the potential to accelerate the use of a range of SCMs with ACT technology and deliver rapid and low-cost decarbonisation of the cement industry globally.”
Ecocem is a pioneer of high-performance technology that significantly reduces CO2 emissions in the cement and construction industries. Its breakthrough technology can reduce the global carbon footprint of the traditional cement manufacturing process by more than half.
For more than 20 years, Ecocem has been developing, manufacturing, and supplying low-carbon cement and construction solutions to markets in Europe. It operates from plants in France (2), the Netherlands and Ireland with an annual production of over two million tonnes of low-carbon cements.
From Le Grand Paris Express to Dublin’s Aviva Stadium, and the UK’s high-speed railway HS2, Ecocem has achieved a cumulative reduction to date of almost eighteen million tonnes CO2 emissions. It would take over 800 million trees to capture this amount of CO2 in a year.
Investors in Ecocem include Saint-Gobain Group, a global leader in light sustainable construction, and Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Ecocem also counts ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel and mining company, is a major shareholder in its Ecocem France subsidiary.
An independent company with a world-class innovation centre, Ecocem technology, products, and services can help the cement industry cost-effectively decarbonise by 50 per cent by 2030 – and build a more sustainable future for all.
TITAN Group is a leading international business in the building and infrastructure materials industry, with passionate teams committed to providing innovative solutions for a better world. With most of its activity in the developed markets, the Group employs over 5,700 people and is present in over twenty-five countries, holding prominent positions in the US, Europe, including Greece, the Balkans, and the Eastern Mediterranean. The Group also has joint ventures in Brazil and India. With a 120-year history, TITAN has always fostered a family-and entrepreneurial-oriented culture for its employees and works tirelessly with its customers to meet the modern needs of society while promoting sustainable growth with responsibility and integrity. TITAN has set a net-zero goal for 2050 and has its CO₂ reduction targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The company is listed on Euronext and the Athens Exchange.
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