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Innovation: more than a resource - an action philosophy
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Inventing the products of tomorrow, adapting the products of today, lowering costs, making product application easier, improving performance, protecting the environment, developing appearance and durability… more than a resource, Lafarge innovation is an action philosophy. |
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How does it ensure this?
- Through its world-class technology centre near Lyons, France. The first research centre of its kind in the world, it houses cross-disciplinary research teams composed of scientists of 8 different nationalities, major construction and civil engineering sector players and academics from universities and research institutes who are involved in forward thinking and prediction of new construction trends, with a research budget that has grown by 50% over the last three years.
- An international network of 25 specialist research laboratories.
- The Place des Métiers: a series of Internet sites targeting all building industry players: Creargos.com, Batissor.com, Matixel.com
A commitment that has borne fruit
237 recent patents filed:
- Ductal, an ultra high performance building material that has been jointly developed by Lafarge, Bouygues and Rhodia.
- Agilia: a fluid, self-levelling concrete with two applications, Agilia Sols for floors and Agilia Vertical for walls and columns, which is already available on the North American, British and Austrian markets.
-"BIG”, a large-format roof tile (25% bigger than conventional size) which brings down roof-laying times for very large roof areas.
- New insulating systems for partitioning that combine fire-resistance and noise-deadening qualities. |
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