Vicat S.A. is a French multinational producer of cement, ready-mixed concrete, and aggregates for the construction sector. Headquartered in L'Isle-d'Abeau near Lyon, the publicly listed company (Euronext: VCT) operates plants across Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Founded in 1853, it remains under significant family ownership and employs approximately 10,400 people. In 2026, Vicat advanced its digital capabilities through the acquisition of AI specialist Araïko and continued participation in the CI4C consortium, which inaugurated a semi-industrial oxyfuel carbon capture facility in Germany to reduce process emissions in cement manufacturing.
chemXplore tracks 2 projects involving Vicat.
Vicat's role on them: Investor / Financier.
Semi‑industrial demonstration replaces air with oxygen to raise flue‑gas CO₂ and enable near‑95% capture from clinker; dedicated 450 t/day kiln built with >€120m investment.
World-first R&D site tests Pure Oxyfuel CO₂ capture at a Mergelstetten cement line to demonstrate energy- and cost-efficient capture and enable wider deployment.
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