From Sao Paolo and Toronto to Toulouse and Delhi, we have established a strong network of collaboration with universities worldwide. We work with some of the world’s leading materials scientists on the development of our low-carbon applications. Their expertise and insights help us challenge the status quo and push the boundaries on the development of next generation low-carbon solutions.
This network of research and academic partners supports collaboration, validation, and future dissemination of ground-breaking technologies worldwide. Its members advise us on next generation cement technologies and their contribution is invaluable to producing scalable solutions that can help the entire industry decarbonise.
With our focus on future innovation and talent, in addition to our own innovation centre in Paris, and our two shared research laboratories with Ecole Normal Superieure (ENS) University of Paris Saclay and Toulouse University, we fund an additional eight PhDs at universities around the world. This gives us a global technology perspective, deep expertise, and access to global resources.
Our focus on R&D over the last twenty years has delivered a range of low-carbon solutions already used in major infrastructure projects. ACT, the team’s latest innovation, has cracked the scalability challenge and found a solution that can decarbonise the cement sector in line with limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Adopting ACT widely means the cement industry can reduce its global emissions rapidly and cost-effectively and has the opportunity to be the first industrial sector to comply with a 50% reduction in emissions by the end of 2030.
The project brings together Irish industry and research to test how lower-carbon cement performs in Irish conditions and to build the evidence needed to support its certification and wider adoption in Ireland.
Marking 25 years of pioneering low-carbon cement solutions in the Benelux region, Ecocem is entering a new phase of growth. Building on its established GGBS business, the company is expanding its range of low-carbon cement solutions to meet evolving customer needs and help accelerate the decarbonisation of concrete.
Ecocem, Europe’s leading low-carbon cement company, welcomed Sébastien Martin, France’s Minister Delegate for Industry, to its Dunkirk production facility, alongside Frédéric Loiseau, Sub-Prefect of Dunkirk, and Frédéric Motte, Regional Councillor responsible for economic transformation and President of Mission REV3, representing the Hauts-de-France Region.
At BATIMAT 2026, Chryso and Ecocem are unveiling a new solution resulting from their complementary expertise: Ecocem ACT low-carbon cement technology combined with EnviroMix® 3150 ACT, a new EnviroMix® admixture solution that was co-developed by Chryso and Ecocem.