As mentioned during the Heidelberg Materials Capitals Markets Day, we're excited to introduce the Heidelberg Materials Remote Optimization Center (HROC), a transformational leap in how we operate cement plants in North America. By implementing new technologies, real-time analytics and automation to enhance efficiency.

HROC will support our plants with a dedicated organization that uses data-driven decisions to enable the best possible outcomes with outage planning, reliability, quality, process engineering and control room operations. By improving efficiency, we are unlocking measurable gains—not just in reliability and cost, but in reducing CO₂ emissions through smarter, more sustainable energy use.

We believe that the future of plant operations lies in knowledge exchange, new technologies and digital solutions as well as standardized execution. Knowledge sharing from a remote center fosters collaboration, accelerates problem-solving, and spreads best practices faster than ever before.

“With HROC we strive to empower our plants with centralized expertise to deliver transformational growth and sustainability improvement, said Edgar Angeles Garza, Vice President of HROC. “This will be made possible by implementing advanced levels of optimization, the standardized adoption of new technologies and advanced process control.”

Heidelberg Materials has assembled a talented team to drive this initiative and is excited the journey ahead.

The goal is not just streamlining processes—its about unlocking powerful synergies and better harnessing the strengths and talents of people across the organization. Stay up to date on HROC and other exciting initiatives by following Heidelberg Materials North America on LinkedIn and other social media platforms.