Items filtered by date: Friday, 14 June 2024

Japan: Sumitomo Mitsui Construction has successfully switched its Notogawa precast concrete products plant to 100% renewably-powered production. Nikkei News has reported that the company has switched the plant’s boilers to green hydrogen. These were previously the source of 60% of the plant’s emissions. The plant has also switched to using electricity entirely from renewable sources.

Sumitomo Mitsui Construction says it is working to make each of its precast plants carbon neutral.

Russia: BK-BETON recorded a net profit of US$19,200 in 2023, against a narrow loss in 2022. The company’s cost of sales rose by 7% to US$205,000. BK-BETON said that the rise reflected its operational growth.