Switzerland: The government has submitted a bill for a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) for imports of cement into Switzerland. It recommends that any eventual CBAM incorporate a trigger mechanism to apply only when cement imports rise ‘strongly’ from a given country.
US/Europe: Spain-based Cemex Ventures and nine other venture capital partners have named 13 finalists for their Construction Startup Competition 2026. Eight will pitch in Las Vegas, US, on 9 – 11 November 2026 and a further five in Helsinki, Finland, on 17 November 2026.
Finalists include Germany-based Bton Holding, which has developed the Hybrid Suspension Mixing two-stage processing technology for low-cement concrete production, and Canada-based Universal Matter, which has developed graphene dispersions to increase concrete strength.
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Switzerland: Holcim has opened a new, 9000m² headquarters and showroom in Zug. The producer described the showroom as a 3D-printed concrete maze made of EcoPact reduced-CO2 concrete featuring EcoPlanet reduced-CO2 cement. The materials also include EcoCycle technology, which guarantees construction demolition materials (CDM) content of over 10%. Cross-section mockups show thermal envelope assemblies of Alkern concrete blocks filled with Airium insulating foam, PRB thermal render systems and Ytong autoclaved aerated concrete blocks. The showroom also displays Artevia light-reflecting decorative concrete for urban heat island mitigation and Hydromedia permeable concrete for groundwater recharge, alongside features produced using Holcim’s shotcrete and woodcrete concrete products.
Australia: Green360 Technologies recorded sales of US$2.53m in the three months to the end of September 2026, the first quarter of its 2027 financial year, up by 9% quarter-on-quarter. The producer said that its sales rose in part due to customer pricing adjustments. It reported net operating cash outflow of US$82,900, down by 89% quarter-on-quarter.
During the quarter, Green360 Technologies won a 12-month contract to supply 4800t of its Metacon X kaolin clay-based supplementary cementitious material (SCM) to Holcim Australia. It deployed 3500m³ of the SCM in on-going infrastructure projects in Melbourne, Victoria. The company also established an Industry Advisory Board of cement and concrete industry specialists to support uptake and approval procedures.
