First plant for climate-positive concrete opens in Germany

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The three Bton managing directors Antonio Catarino, Thomas Sievers, and Thomas Demmel, pictured with Robert Kroth, managing director of “80 Seconds – New Building” (left to right) at the inauguration ceremony of the first climate-positive concrete plant

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State-of-the-art equipment and machinery is used in production, including from Osnabrück-based engineering supplier Avermann ...

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… and Italian company Marcantonini (MCT), who supplied this mixing tower

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The Bton team welcomed numerous attendees from Germany and abroad to the opening ceremony

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Managing director Thomas Demmel explained the company name: The missing ‘e’ in Bton [concrete] stands for zero emissions

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Figure: 80 Sekunden – Neues Bauen

The inaugural event ended with a symbolic handprint of the “movers and shakers” in fresh – and climate-positive – concrete

Figure: 80 Sekunden – Neues Bauen

Lighter, more ecological, exceedingly versatile, and cost-effective: Bton Fertigteilwerk GmbH has completely rethought the most important material in the construction industry. This innovative concrete is now being produced in Soltau, opening new avenues in residential construction. A detailed report on the new equipment and machinery used at the plant will be published in a later BFT issue.

Responding to the housing crisis is critical to the future of our society. Groundbreaking innovations are needed to provide people in Germany with affordable, adequate, and sustainable housing in the future. Bton was founded in 2021 by the Sievers family, Antonio Catarino, and Thomas Demmel, and succeeded in developing the construction material of the future whose production is currently being ramped up for the German market. Together with its network partner “80 Seconds – New Building”, Bton Fertigteilwerk GmbH recently opened the first state-of-the-art plant for environmentally optimized,...