Just like buildings, research into and needs foundations. That is what we do. We do fundamental research into the nano and micro-scale phenomena that govern the performance of and concrete.

Nanocem is a consortium of European academic and industrial partners, all interested in fundamental research of cement and concrete. Working together, we combine passion with pragmatism, cooperation with independence and long term vision with hands on experience.

We don’t develop products directly. But the combined academic and industrial Our Aims What we do knowledge that we produce drives the development of new and improved materials Nanocem has three main aims: Nanocem sponsors fundamental research and products that are adapted to modern RESEARCH projects, and serves as a centralised platform needs, whilst minimising the environmental To grow the basic knowledge needed to for academic researchers to share results. impact of the construction cycle. develop new cementitious materials, linking features and processes that take place at We do this by: Nanocem was founded in 2004, and has atomic level and their impact once used in ■ organising workshops and seminars; grown to a network of 24 academic and buildings, bridges or other structures, and 9 industry partners.There are some 120 to disseminate the results of our work. ■ sponsoring research in multi-partner academic researchers in the team who, projects; between them, are in the process of EDUCATION managing some 60 PhD and PostDoctoral To prepare the next generation of researchers, ■ acting as a recruitment base for research projects in related areas. by educating university graduates and researchers in cementitious materials; providing a platform for future employment Nanocem is now recognised as the in the cement and concrete industry. ■ highlighting the importance of R&D on world reference for quality research in cementitious materials at the European cementitious materials. RESPONSIBILITY level; To help find solutions that will further reduce the environmental impact of cement ■ acting as a networking body ensuring and concrete. academic research is relevant. Our Partners INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS ACADEMIC PARTNERS ■ Lund University, Sweden ■ Aalborg Portland (Cementir Holding), ■ Ecole polytechnique fédérale Denmark de Lausanne, Switzerland ■ Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway ■ BASF, Germany ■ , Denmark ■ Technical University of Denmark, Denmark ■ CRH, Ireland ■ Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain ■ Technische Universität München, Germany ■ HeidelbergCement AG, Germany ■ Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany ■ Technische Universität Wien, Austria ■ GCP Applied Technologies, USA ■ Commissariat à l’énergie atomique ■ Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya- ■ LafargeHolcim, Switzerland et aux énergies alternatives, France Barcelona Tech, Spain

■ SCG Cement-Building Materials, ■ Czech Technical University in Prague, ■ Université de Bourgogne, France Siam Research and Innovation Co. Ltd, Czech Republic Thailand ■ University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom ■ Danish Technological Institute, Denmark ■ SIKA Technology AG, Switzerland ■ , United Kingdom ■ Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule ■ TITAN Cement Company, Greece Zurich, Switzerland ■ University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

■ Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories ■ , United Kingdom for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland ■ VDZ gGmbH, Germany

■ , United Kingdom ■ ZAG, Slovenia

■ Institut français des sciences et technologies des transports, de l’aménagement et des réseaux (ex-LCPC), France