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.

Join one of Fast Company’s “Best Workplaces for Innovators!”

We are always on the lookout for new talent with innovation-driven mindsets to move our business forward. 

EXPLORE CAREERS AT HOLCIM
Holcim Innovation Center

We bring together over 200 of the brightest minds in research at our Innovation Center in Lyon, France. From masons, engineers and material scientists, to experts in artificial intelligence and data mining: our experts cover all fields in building. 

“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.”

EDELIO BERMEJO| HEAD OF GLOBAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

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.

EXPLORE HOW WE ARE DECARBONIZING BUILDING

 

R&D in action 

Moranta Tower: first fully ECOPact project in Mexico reduces CO2 by 30%

Holcim supplied ECOPact low-carbon concrete for this project, and our SMARTCast digital technology optimized the mix design before the pouring began for more efficient and sustainable construction.

ECOCycle® enables the world’s first fully recycled concrete building

Drawing on its formulation expertise, the Holcim Innovation Center developed the world’s first fully recycled concrete for this project.

Our stories

slide left
slide right