Holcim Adds Recycling Capacity Across Europe with Three New Deals

Holcim, a building materials and solutions company headquartered in Switzerland, is expanding its construction and demolition (C&D) recycling network in Europe with two completed acquisitions and another pending, adding roughly 1.3 million metric tons of permitted annual processing capacity across the United Kingdom, Germany and France. The company says the moves are part of its push to scale circular construction and broaden access to secondary materials.

In the U.K., Holcim has finalized its purchase of Thames Materials, a major C&D recycler serving West London and surrounding counties. With the addition, Holcim now covers the full Greater London market, building on its 2023 acquisition of East London-based Sivyer Logistics. Market watchers say London remains one of Europe’s most active urban hubs for recycled aggregates, driven by steady infrastructure demand and limited landfill options.

The company has also taken a majority stake in the recycling business of A&S Recycling GmbH in northern Germany. The Hanover-area operation brings three more sites into Holcim’s network, lifting its total number of German recycling hubs to 10. Industry sources note that Germany’s strong regulatory push for higher recovery rates continues to attract investment from large building materials suppliers.

In France, Holcim has signed an agreement to acquire a C&D recycler in the country’s northwest. Once the deal closes, the company will operate 28 recycling centers nationwide. France has tightened requirements for sorting and reuse in recent years, prompting more contractors to seek reliable outlets for demolition debris.

Holcim CEO Miljan Gutovic says the three deals will help the company advance its NextGen Growth 2030 target of recycling more than 20 million metric tons of C&D materials annually. He adds that expanded capacity will allow the company to scale its ECOCycle technology, which blends recycled materials into new construction products.

Across Europe, major building materials groups are securing strategic recycling assets as demand rises for low-carbon aggregates and verified recovery channels. Holcim’s latest moves position the company to compete more aggressively in urban markets where recycled content requirements are tightening and disposal costs continue to climb.

Source: HOLCIM

SUNSHINE Spotlight: Holcim’s latest deals strengthen its European network as it pursues a large-scale shift toward circular building materials.