Innovation

Holcim operates the most advanced research and development organisation in the building materials industry, with over 200 researchers based at the global Innovation Hub in Lyon, France. Our R&D is focused on driving sustainable, circular, and digital solutions – from low-carbon formulations to smart design systems.

To accelerate impact, we collaborate across a global network of innovation centres and with leading academic and industry partners. Working closely with our commercial teams, our researchers help customers deliver high-performance, low-carbon buildings and infrastructure from concept through to execution.

To reinvent how the world builds for a net-zero and sustainable future, Holcim launched Holcim MAQER Ventures, our corporate venture capital and open innovation unit. Holcim MAQER Ventures gives startups access to Holcim’s global operations and technical expertise. This includes access to the operations and market in 60 businesses worldwide as well as the largest R&D centre in the building sector, with expertise cutting across the value chain from materials science and carbon capture to AI and computational design.

The Holcim Innovation Hub showcases Holcim’s sustainable building solutions and serves as a co-creation lab to accelerate low-carbon, circular and energy-efficient building worldwide. Based in Holcim’s industry-leading R&D center in Lyon, France, the Innovation Hub is where key stakeholders across the construction value chain gather to advance net-zero building.