Europe/India: Finland-based Elematic and Netherlands-based Hendriks Formwork have concluded a cooperation agreement for the supply of turnkey precast concrete structures for high-rise building and infrastructure construction. The partnership will deploy Elematic's production equipment and software with Hendriks Formwork's custom steel moulds and modular formwork systems. They will target markets globally, with a particular focus on India.
UK: SigmaRoc subsidiary GreenCem has partnered with Teesside University's Net Zero Industry Innovation Centre (NZIIC) to develop reduced-CO₂ concrete based on its accelerators. The partners will assess potential products and identify opportunities to digitise production.
Australia: LS Precast has won a contract to supply 96,000 precast concrete segments for a 16km section of the Melbourne Suburban Rail Loop. The elements will comprise a section of twin tunnels running between Cheltenham and Glen Waverley stations. Australian Manufacturing Forum News has reported that LS Precast will begin producing 170 segments per day for the project from October 2025 onwards.
India: The state government of Haryana has ordered that ready-mix concrete batching plants continuing to operate despite closure orders be cut off from the power grid. The Hindustan Times has reported that ‘several’ such plants are suspected of continuing their operations in secret in Gurugram.
