South Korea: The Korea Concrete Institute has certified a new latex product, developed by Eugene Corporation and Tongyang, for use in crack control in concrete. The product forms a continuous film within concrete to suppress microcracking due to drying and shrinkage. Chosun Biz News has reported that the product reduces cracks by 80% compared with conventional fibre-reinforced concrete.

Eugene Corporation and Tongyang shipped more than 80,000m³ of latex press concrete produced at 90 sites across South Korea in the first nine months of the 2025 financial year.

US: Drake Ready Mix has bought an industrial site in Fort Myers for US$7m. Local press has reported that Drake Ready Mix already operates one ready-mix concrete batching plant in Fort Myers, with a 100-truck fleet, serving Charlotte, Collier, Hendry and Lee counties.

India: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has published revised guidelines for the siting, operation and environmental compliance of ready-mix concrete plants in Maharashtra. The guidelines supersede all previous directives since 2016. Punepulse News has reported that they are intended to streamline processes and ensure uniform implementation across the state.

Germany/Norway: Heidelberg Materials will supply its EvoBuild 3D printing concrete for use in property developer KrausGruppe’s DreiHaus residential construction project in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg. PERI 3D Construction and Korte-Hoffmann Gebäudedruck will execute the project, which consists of three three-storey tower blocks.

Heidelberg Materials says that it will supply a concrete blend featuring its EvoZero carbon-captured cement for the third tower block, the first application of the product in Germany. Subsidiary Heidelberg Materials Northern Europe produces EvoZero cement at its net-zero Brevik cement plant in Norway.