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  • Holcim divests businesses in Uganda and Tanzania

    Holcim divests businesses in Uganda and Tanzania

    Holcim has signed agreements to divest its businesses in Uganda and Tanzania. According to a press release issued by the Zug-based building materials manufacturer, its local subsidiary in Uganda, Hima Cement Ltd, has been sold to the Sarrai Group for an enterprise value of USD 120 million.

    Holcim has also agreed to sell its 65 per cent stake in Mbeya Cement Company Ltd in Tanzania to the Amsons Group for an undisclosed amount. The completion of both transactions is subject to the respective regulatory approvals.

    “These divestments advance our strategy to consolidate our leadership position in core markets as the world’s leading provider of innovative and sustainable building solutions,” said Martin Kriegner, Regional Head Asia, Middle East & Africa. “We are delighted to have found strategic and trusted partners in the Sarrai Group and the Amsons Group, who are ideally positioned to develop these businesses in the long term.”

  • Sale of Helion to the AMAG Group

    Sale of Helion to the AMAG Group

    in Switzerland, Bouygues Energies & Services is the market leader in the areas of building technology, facility management and energy supply technology to promote the energy transition. The sale takes place against the background of Bouygues Energies & Services' increased focus on its core activity, the integrated planning, development and management of commercial real estate, sites, industrial plants and portfolios.

    During the negotiations, Bouygues Energies & Services attached particular importance to ensuring that no employees would be made redundant in connection with the sale of the Helion division. The AMAG Group meets this requirement and will take on all of Helion's employees.

    Comprehensive energy solutions for the B2B market
    With the sale, Bouygues Energies & Services is increasingly focusing on comprehensive energy solutions in the B2B market, in which the Swiss company is traditionally firmly anchored. In view of the challenges that the energy transition entails for private individuals and companies, the sale of Helion offers all parties involved excellent opportunities to offer customers in their respective market segments more solutions for saving energy and reducing CO2 emissions.

    The sale will have no impact on Bouygues Energies & Services and Helion customers. All ongoing projects will be continued and implemented according to the agreed conditions.

    Bouygues Energies & Services
    Bouygues is a global family business. With around 100 locations in Switzerland, Bouygues Energies & Services is locally anchored, nationally active and globally networked. We employ around 5,000 people across Switzerland, 350 of whom are apprentices. Thanks to our worldwide experience and our regional know-how, we are your ideal partner for innovative services in the areas of building technology, facility & property management, energy supply, traffic engineering, telecommunications, process automation, photovoltaics and e-mobility.

  • UBS works with Climeworks and neustark

    UBS works with Climeworks and neustark

    UBS has entered into a long-term collaboration with Climeworks and neustark . According to the UBS press release , the two cleantech companies are to permanently remove a total of 39,500 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere for the bank. The agreement has a term of 13 years. It is intended to give Climeworks and neustark planning security and make a contribution to UBS's net-zero goal by 2025.

    Both Climeworks and neustark are spin-offs from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich . Both are dedicated to permanently removing CO2 from the air, but with different methods.

    Zurich-based Climeworks is now one of the so-called unicorns with a market capitalization of over CHF 1 billion. The company captures CO2 from the air at its Orca facility in Iceland, powered by renewable energy. It is then stored underground in basalt rock for thousands of years using the Carbfix method. Orca is the largest carbon capture and storage facility in the world.

    Neustark from Bern permanently stores the CO2 extracted from the air in recycled concrete. The concrete granulate enriched in this way allows the cement content in fresh concrete to be reduced and improves its climate balance by around 10 percent. This enables neustark to produce what it says is the most climate-friendly concrete in Switzerland.

    "With this commitment, UBS shows its pioneering role in the area of climate protection and hopefully inspires others to follow this example," said Valentin Gutknecht, co-founder and co-CEO of neustark. "Long-term off-take agreements are an important prerequisite for the much-needed expansion of carbon capture technologies."