- Business
- Holcim Philippines, Inc. manufactures, sells, distributes, and exports cement, clinker, and cementitious products primarily in the Philippines. The company produces a range of cement brands including Holcim Premium, a Type I Portland cement for high-strength ready-mix concrete in mid- to high-rise buildings and precast applications; Holcim 4X, a high-performance ASTM C150 Portland cement for ready-mix; Holcim Excel ECOPlanet and Holcim Ecoplanet, low-carbon blended Type IT-MH and IS cements for enhanced workability, durability, and structural use compliant with ASTM C595 and PNS 63; Holcim Solido, a Type IP blended cement for roads and infrastructure; Holcim WallRight, a Type S masonry cement for block laying, plastering, and finishing; and Holcim Aqua X, a water-repellent Type IT blended cement. It also offers aggregates for construction; dry mix products such as Holcim Tile Adhesive, a cement-based tile adhesive; Holcim Skim Coat, a cementitious plaster for indoor and outdoor surfaces; Holcim Multifix, a polymer-modified mortar for plastering, screeding, and tiling; and Holcon AAC Block Adhesive; alongside clinker sales to other producers, SF Crete for rapid pavement, technical consultancy, testing, and construction training services. Holcim Philippines operates cement plants in La Union, Bulacan, Misamis Oriental, Davao, and Batangas, a grinding mill, five ports, and multiple distribution points nationwide, serving traders, wholesalers, retailers, contractors, real estate developers, and concrete producers for private and public projects. Incorporated in 1964 as Hi-Cement Corporation, renamed Union Cement Corporation in 2000 following mergers, and rebranded Holcim Philippines, Inc. in 2005, it is headquartered in Taguig City and functions as a subsidiary of Union Cement Holdings Corporation within the global Holcim Group. Recent developments include a multi-year aggregates supply partnership with Megawide Construction Corp. to deliver over 400,000 metric tons in 2025 for infrastructure projects; a 20-year power purchase agreement signed in 2021 with Blueleaf Energy, operationalized in 2024, installing 29 MWp solar facilities at its Bulacan and La Union plants to supply 15% of energy needs and cut carbon emissions; a US$6.5m investment to upgrade the La Union plant for 40% alternative fuel and raw material use; renewal of its key cement supply contract with Megawide; and adoption of the refreshed global Holcim brand identity.