TR-D & Innovation Projects and Business Development Department provides research and investigation services to cement industry and other organizations (public and private). Wide range of materials/wastes/alternative raw materials can be investigated from physical, chemical and mineralogical point of view at the laboratories. The goal of the department is to help and promote technical and scientific research and development in the industries producing and using hydraulic binders as well as concrete and concrete aggregates.

• Making research studies on cement & concrete technology,
• Encouraging cement factories, universities and scientific institutions for research on cement and concrete, providing technical support for such activities,
• Cooperating with organizations from other countries in cement and concrete subjects,
• Evaluation of industrial waste and pozzolanic materials in cement production, making research studies on chemical and mineral admixtures, new types of cements and testing methods,
• Gathering, consolidating and interpreting the data required by the project.

The R&D Institute has been granted funding by the European Commission under the H2020 Program in two different projects on industrial symbiosis and carbon capture, which are among the prominent topics of today

R&D Institute also worked on more than 10 projects under H2020 Programme.