Holcim
Holcim closes Nigeria divestment
01 Sep 2025
Holcim has completed the divestment of its Nigeria business, selling its entire 83.81% shareholding in Lafarge Africa PLC to Huaxin Cement at an equity value of...
Holcim Acquires Langley Concrete Group Inc., Expanding Precast Concrete Footprint in Canada
04 Jun 2025
Holcim has acquired the operations of Langley Concrete Group Inc., a leading provider of precast solutions based in British Columbia. This strategic move marks...
Holcim plans Amrize spin-off for June 23
02 Jun 2025
Trading expected to begin on NYSE and SIX on June 23 under the ticker symbol “AMRZ”100% spin-off to be completed by way of a 1:1 distribution of Amrize shares...
Holcim breaks ground of OLYMPUS flagship project in Greece for near-zero cement
30 May 2025
EUR 400m project in Greece to advance Europe’s Clean Industrial DealPlant engineered to produce 2 million tons of near-zero cement a year from...
Holcim shareholders approve all proposals at 2025 Annual General Meeting
15 May 2025
Holcim shareholders approved all of the Board of Directors’ proposals at the Annual General Meeting that took place in Zug today, including a 99.75% vote in...
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
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The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
