Construction

Ecocem aiming to treble the size of business on back of new tech

Firm plans growth based on breakthrough technology that it says can decarbonise the production of cement by as much as 70 per cent

Donal O’Riain, founder of Ecocem: plans to license its lower carbon technology to cement companies around the world. Picture: Anderson

Ecocem, the European leader in lower carbon cement technology founded by Irishman Donal O’Riain, is seeking to treble the size of its business and grow its staff by 50 per cent on the back of a breakthrough technology it is preparing to deploy.

The company has developed a technology known as ACT which it said can decarbonise the production of cement by as much as 70 per cent. Speaking to the Business Post, O’Riain said ...