Innovation

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. 

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.