Taiwan Cement Unveils COP31 Cement Energy Storage System with Large 3D Printing Equipment Combined with Photoelectric Innovation Technology to Help Turkey Earthquake Reconstruction House

The 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) was held in Antalya, Turkey, from 9 to 20 November. For the first time, Taiwan Cement Group joined hands with CIMPOR, a European subsidiary, and OYAK Cement, a Turkish subsidiary, to set up indoor and outdoor exhibition areas, and transported large-scale 3D building printing equipment from Europe to the summit site, demonstrating the innovative technology currently being used in the reconstruction of earthquake-stricken housing in Turkey. The cement energy storage system developed by Taiwan Cement will also be combined with solar photovoltaics to be stationed in earthquake-stricken reconstruction houses in Turkey. Zhang Anping, Chairman of Taiwan Cement Corporation, together with Cheng Yaohui, General Manager of Taiwan Cement Corporation, and Suat Çalbıyık, CEO of Euro-African Cement Corporation, all participated in the Climate Summit. OYAK Cement, the Turkish subsidiary of

Taiwan Cement, is the largest cement producer in Turkey and has a leading position in the local industry. OYAK Cement is working with Hatay Province, which was hit hard by the disaster in 2023, to promote the 3D printing housing project, and is building 20 resettlement houses and a community library. This plan combines solar photovoltaic and cement energy storage system developed by Taiwan Cement to enhance residential energy autonomy and power supply resilience. In addition to large-scale 3D building printing equipment and cement energy storage system, the indoor area will also present the 3D printing residential plan in Hatai, Turkey, through virtual reality (VR), and demonstrate the Group's practice in the fields of resource recycling, energy transformation and innovative building materials.

Taiwan Cement also actively promotes the industrialization of 3D building printing technology. CIMPOR, a subsidiary of Taiwan Cement Europe, recently launched an international brand "Havelar by CIMPOR" "to integrate low-carbon building materials research and development, digital building design and construction technology. In the Mariadeira social housing development in Portugal, this technology has been applied to 16 buildings and 32 houses, and for the first time, ready-mixed concrete trucks have been fully used to supply printing materials, demonstrating the feasibility of integration with the existing cement and concrete industry system. Taini believes that 3D building printing not only changes the way of construction, but also has the potential to become an industrial platform to respond to housing demand, urban resilience, post-disaster reconstruction and carbon reduction challenges.