Germany/Netherlands: CO₂-sequestering supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) developer Paebbl has achieved the first pour of a concrete slab to feature its materials. The pour used concrete supplied by Holcim Kies and Beton, produced at its Offenburg ready-mix concrete plant in Germany, using 15% Paebbl Rebond C SCM in place of cement. Construction firm Goldbeck poured the 420m² floor slab as part of the construction of a logistics hall close to the batching plant in Baden-Württemberg. Paebbl said that the concrete’s embodied CO₂ is 200kg/m³, 13% below that of CEM II/B-M cement-based concrete. It conforms with C30/37 strength specifications, and works with conventional construction methods, without affecting construction timelines.

Paebbl produces Paebbl Rebond C at its Rotterdam plant in the Netherlands. The developer says that it brought the material from concept to completed pour in under six months.

Paebbl vice president products Ana Luisa Vaz said "This project shows what becomes possible when a material innovator, a building materials provider and a contractor align around a shared ambition. We can decarbonise fast with an aligned value chain."

Holcim’s venture capital arm, Holcim Maqer Ventures, head Bengt Steinbrecher said "This collaboration proves carbon-storing materials can be integrated seamlessly into our building solutions."

Portugal: Cimpor’s ready-mix concrete subsidiary Betão Liz says that it has added Portugal's first fully electric concrete mixer truck to its fleet. The truck will serve the Lisbon market.

Chief commercial officer Ignacio Gómez said "Cimpor is pioneering the adoption of a technological solution that, we are confident, will soon become the standard in the sector."

US: Suncrete has acquired fellow ready-mix concrete producer Hope Concrete. Hope Concrete operates 10 batching plants and 88 mixer trucks across North Texas and Southern Louisiana. The Financial Times newspaper has reported that the acquisition doubles the total number of states in which Suncrete operates from just two: its home state of Oklahoma and neighbouring Arkansas.

Austria: Precast concrete producer SW Umwelttechnik Stoiser & Wolschner (SWU) has announced that it is joining European precast concrete association International Bureau of Manufactured Concrete (BIBM). SWU’s Hungarian and Romanian subsidiaries will also join BIBM directly, making them the first BIBM members in their countries.

BIBM secretary general Alessio Rimoldi said "Expanding our network in Central and Eastern Europe is essential to ensure a truly representative and forward-looking industry dialogue at EU level."