Research and Development
We benefit from the resources and capabilities of a highly skilled research and development team, based in the UK, looking at bringing together the products from Aggregate Industries with the latest technology and innovation. The team have successfully brought many new products to market, and are the recipients of a number of industry awards.
Innovation along the value chain also helps us to promote new methods in the construction materials industry, and we support research and development into eco-efficient and sustainable solutions. This is all the more urgent because the built environment accounts for some 40 percent of energy consumption in the world today (EU estimate).
We benefit from our knowledge transfer with Holcim (our parent company). Holcim continuously carries out intensive research into new products and expert production systems, enabling us to offer our customers superior product performance and efficiency gains.
Principles and expertise
Our two overriding concerns are health and safety, and sustainability. Our products and practices are regularly reviewed in order to meet and exceed environmental standards and we remain at the forefront of developments in our sector.