The KIBECO Forum is the platform for innovative young companies looking for a reliable partner in the building materials industry. Achieving the climate targets for 2050 will require new strategies and business models. This is where innovation meets practice: KIBECO offers space for innovative thinking and actively supports start-ups and young companies in developing sustainable products and services for the construction industry. Synergies are thus exploited that allow KIBAG to play a more active role in promoting the circular economy. The focus is on reducing or avoiding CO₂ emissions and on climate-friendly construction.
KIBECO Forum. Touchpoint for innovative start-ups.
Creating value together
Companies today face the challenge of not only offering functional products, but also assuming social and environmental responsibility. Concrete is coming under increasing criticism. The megatrend of the climate crisis is more relevant than ever. With the KIBECO platform, we work in partnership on solutions that combine innovation, the circular economy and CO₂ reduction – this is how we shape the future of the construction industry together.
Together – because we are only part of a big puzzle and only together can we make the U-turn.
Our partners
Oxara
Oxara was founded in 2019 as an ETH spin-off. Oxara means “assembly and community” in Togolese. The company firmly believes that a more sustainable construction industry offers great opportunities to create new value for the environment and society. Our collaboration led to the introduction of Cleancrete© to the market in 2022.
Neustark
Neustark is a spin-off of ETH Zurich founded in 2019 by young entrepreneurs. The company has developed an efficient solution that permanently and irreversibly stores CO₂ in recycled concrete through carbonation. We commissioned our first mobile carbonation plant in collaboration with neustark in summer 2022.
FenX
ETH spin-off FenX specialises in transforming mineral waste into sustainable insulation solutions. The properties of mineral particles are used in such a way that highly porous material with a strong insulating character can be produced. The result: an insulating material that can insulate, is sustainable, inexpensive to produce and is non-combustible
Tinamu
Tinamu is an ETH spin-off specialising in the automation of drone-supported images in outdoor areas (e.g. storage areas) and indoor areas (e.g. warehouses). Information is transmitted to users in real time and processes are significantly simplified. Tinamu drones regularly hover over our recycling centre in Regensdorf.
