Italcementi Group opens i.lab center for advanced research in building materials…the heart of innovation and sustainability

The Italian Minister for the Environment, Corrado Clini, unveiled today the Group’s new laboratory, a place where over a hundred people are engaged in research and technological transfer activities in the building materials sector. The innovative solutions accomplished across 23,000 sq.m. of i.lab are clear evidence of how cement can be an element that generates sustainable architecture and smart buildings. 





Head of Environmental Affairs visits Tourah Portland Cement Company  to mark completion of project to replace electrostatic filters with bag house filters in line No. 8

Bruno Carré: SCGC committed to environment protection as an integral part of our business strategy.

Cairo, February 7th , 2012. Head of Environmental Affairs, Eng. Hossam Hegazy, accompanied by a number of senior officials from his ministry visited on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012, Tourah Portland Cement Company (TPCC), a subsidiary of Suez Cement group of Companies (SCGC) to mark the completion of the project to replace the electrostatic filters in line 8 with bag house filters. The project is funded partially with a loan from the Egyptian Pollution abatement Project (EPAP II) of EEAA.  





Leading international manufacturers meet in Hurghada for the Italgen (Italcementi Group) wind energy project. The Italian Group is ready to invest 140 million euro as a continuous commitment to the future growth of Egypt.

Hurghada, 12th October 2011. Nine leading international wind turbine manufacturers have arrived in Hurghada to take part in a site-visit organized by Italgen (Italcementi Group) to present a new state of the art renewable energy project in the Red Sea area, which represents the first Foreign Direct Investment in this sector.

The investment, estimated around 140 million Euros, envisages job opportunities and social initiatives to the local community besides allowing the transfer of know-how. .  





SCGC, in collaboration with Egyptian Food Bank, distributes foodstuff to thousands of local community families in the month of holy Ramadan

Callieri: The private sector should play a social and humanitarian role

Cairo, 24th  August 2011. Suez Cement Group of Companies (SCGC) has, in collaboration with the Egyptian Food Bank (EBF), distributed foodstuff to thousands of families in areas surrounding Helwan, Tourah, El-Minya and Suez plants in holy Ramadan. A number of SCGC employees have taken part in delivering food boxes for beneficiary families on the database of the Egyptian Food Bank.
“We are pleased to support our local communities and we believe that the private sector should play a social and humanitarian role ,” said SCGC Managing Director, Roberto Callieri, said.