(AOF) – Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies, an industrial player committed to decarbonizing the construction sector which designs and markets innovative clinker-free cements, announces the signing of a 3-year contract including volume commitments with Belin promotion, historical real estate developer located in the south-west of France.
From 2023 and for the next three years, Hoffmann Green Cement will supply the Belin promotion group with its 0% clinker-free cements for the construction of several collective and tertiary housing. Active in the heart of the great South-West, in Toulouse, Bordeaux or Bayonne, this contract will allow Belin promotion to pursue its commitments in terms of sustainability and thus respond to the well-being of future residents.
Julien Blanchard and David Hoffmann, Co-founders of Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies, declared: “This 3-year contract with volume commitments allows us to strengthen our already well-established order book as well as to extend our commercial footprint in the South-West of the France. We look forward to following the 0% clinker real estate programs of Belin promotion, a family business with which we share the desire to minimize the environmental impact of the construction sector.”
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The National Union of Quarry and Building Materials Industries (Unicem) indicates that, after an initial downturn in the second quarter, activity continued to deteriorate in the third quarter and recorded a drop in both aggregates (-1.3 %) than on ready-mixed concrete (-0.9%). Over the first nine months of the year, the decline was 2% for the materials business as a whole. Only tiles and bricks manage to show slight increases in activity.
The general outlook is deteriorating and recruitment difficulties and rising costs are the main sources of concern. Furthermore, Unicem underlines the difficulties in implementing the projects. The production of materials could decline this year by 3% for ready-mixed concrete (BPE) and 4% for aggregates.