StruxHub helps general contractors coordinate materials deliveries, inspections, and construction schedules with their trade partners.

EXACT Technology offers a Software as a Service (SaaS) for concrete monitoring with sensors for transportation and on the job site.

Suffolk Technologies is the venture capital arm of Suffolk Construction and is investing in startups transforming the construction and real estate sectors.

Coomtech’s technology combines low-carbon and circular benefits: it emits up to 75% less CO2 than traditional drying methods, enabling the use of recycled materials in cement and concrete that would otherwise require a high amount of energy to dry.

COBOD develops and produces gantry system 3D-Printers for large scale printing directly on job sites.

COBOD is the world leader in 3D construction printing solutions at scale.

N1 software allows internal and external project stakeholders to manage projects and material flows digitally throughout the entire project lifecycle and discover circular economy potentials

Holcim Germany uses N1 technology to optimize and grow its CDM business and strategy. N1 solutions are anchored in the daily business processes of the AGG organization in Germany.

N1 and Holcim plan to intensify the collaboration on an international scale.

Blue Planet offers a patented mineralization technology for capturing and permanently sequestering CO2 in aggregates.

MAGMENT offers a technology to produce magnetizable concrete surfaces that enable electric vehicles (scooters, forklifts, buses and cars) to recharge wireless while in motion.

Solidia Technologies® is a cement and concrete technology company offering patented processes that reduce the carbon footprint of non-reinforced precast concrete products, accelerate the precast production and improve the precast product quality.

Zesty is an Israeli startup that has developed a cloud-cost optimization platform to assist customers in managing cloud asset utilization and minimizing the efforts required for infrastructure management.

Zesty’s platform has helped Holcim’s IT department make better use of its EC2 cloud assets, optimize resource usage, and reduce costs through optimization.

Hive has developed an end-to-end B2B eCommerce platform that helps manufacturers streamline sales processes – from product configuration and pricing and quotations, to production and after-sales support.

Holcim utilized Hive’s platform to provide customers with a product configurator enhancing the interactive experience for customers and simplifying their planning efforts. Additionally, they used the product configurator as a new tool for sales generation.

The solution enables Holcim and its customers to create 3D visualizations of construction components based on customer specifications and generate production data to streamline manufacturing processes.

The San Francisco-based startup Leena AI has developed AI-powered virtual assistants for the workplace that revolutionizes how employees work. It streamlines knowledge management, takes actions across systems, and provides intelligent analytics, thereby boosting productivity and efficiency.

Holcim uses Leena AI to automate labor-intensive manual HR service-desk tasks, providing employees with better and faster services to address their enquiries, as well as to improve overall employee engagement.

The integration of Leena AI’s solution has empowered 10,000 employees with enhanced communication tools, prompting a reconsideration of our approach to addressing employee inquiries and subsequently enhancing engagement across fourregions within the Group.

Hypatos is a German startup that has combined classical OCR with deep learning and cognitive neural network technology, enabling companies to replace manual back-office work with automated document processing.

Hypatos’ Document Hyperautomation solutions are utilized across Holcim’s Shared Service Centers to automate manual back- office tasks related to invoice processing.

Hypatos’ remarkably precise machine learning algorithms enable an exceptional level of automation, allowing Holcim to automate up to 94% of all processed invoices.

Prewave specializes in supply chain risk assessments. It utilizes machine learning to analyze news and social media data, delivering supply chain monitoring solutions for purchasing, supply chain, and sustainability managers.

Prewave helps Holcim in monitoring its supply chain, extending down to tier two suppliers, to detect supply chain risks and anomalies. This enables Holcim to react more swiftly to disruptions and irregularities, and also aids in monitoring compliance across suppliers.

Parsable is a Silicon-Valley-based startup developing a mobile collaboration and workflow platform designed to transform manufacturing sites into an end-to-end digital execution environment. Their product acts as the single source for procedural information.

Parsable’s solution helps Holcim in digitizing work procedures in sensitive areas such as air, water, and waste inspection, enabling fully digital processes and preventing errors in inspection.

Zello is a startup based in Austin, USA. Its expertise lies in push-to-talk technology, enabling businesses to transition from legacy communication systems (such as radios) and embrace the digital age.

Make My Day is an Israeli Startup from Tel-Aviv developing smart route planning and scheduling algorithms. These are primarily used in the mobility vertical but also have applications for traveling salesman challenges.

The solution supports Holcim’s sales force in planning and executing customer visits in line with customer segmentation and creates transparency on enforcement.

This technology is a core asset on the digital roadmap of Latin America and is utilized daily used by more than 500 sales representatives.

UnifyTwin’s intelligent industrial app suite helps manufacturers provide a rich set of applications for sustainability, smart maintenance, and asset efficiency in production environments.

Holcim has utilized UnifyTwin’s solutions in its efforts to comply with regulations on gas emissions. Their systems have allowed Holcim to automate data collection and analysis, as well as provide forecasting tools for emission planning, thereby enabling responsible management of plant emissions.

Nanolike offers non-intrusive sensors and associated software solutions for fill-level monitoring of industrial metallic tanks and silos.

SHIPSTA is a next-generation platform for transportation procurement, centered around data, automation & AI, that revolutionizes supply chain transparency and efficiency. Their tool enables faster freight sourcing and cost reduction for ocean, road, and air transport through procurement decision-making tools.

With SHIPSTA, Holcim is gaining access to a valuable freight platform to leverage data and create transparency across carriers. This is enabling better benchmarking and improved purchasing opportunities for Holcim.

neustark’s technology can mineralize construction demolition material with biogenic CO2.

Holcim has successfully tested the neustark solution in Switzerland and will be intensifying the collaboration on an international scale.

CCB Greentech produces “wood concrete”, which is an innovative mixture of water, wood aggregates, and cement that ensures resistance and durability.

XtreeE designs and manufactures 3D printers for construction.

CPC developed together with the ZHAW (Zurich University of Applied Sciences School of Engineering) carbon prestressed concrete panels that are reinforced with thin carbon rovings. CPC panels are three times thinner and lighter than concrete slabs with the same load bearing capacity.

Holcim (Germany) pilots the CPC technology by producing, marketing & selling the CPC panels primarily for balconies and light bridges.
The solution did win the innovation prize at the German BAUMA conference in 2022.