SMCP® Plants, Small Modular Cement Plant®:
a new way to produce cement, accessible to all
With Materrup's CCC® technology, produce your own cement, deploy your own next-generation factory — economical and multi-local — to turn decarbonization into a competitive advantage and secure your supply chain against rising prices.
Licencing Brownfield Greenfield
A new way to produce cement, accessible to all
Low-carbon cement production used to be reserved for a few. Not anymore.
Turn decarbonisation into a competitive advantage for your industry..
MATERRUP pioneered the way eight years ago.
2018 — First international patents filed.
2022 — First operational SMCP® site in Saint-Geours-de-Maremne, France.
Today — 1,000+ construction projects. 100+ patents. Technology in real production.
We don't make promises. We already produce.
Cement has always been centralised. This is no longer inevitable. Producing cement required a 1,400°C kiln, heavy capital, and an industrial organisation out of reach. CCC® technology changes this equation. No kiln. No calcination. No fossil fuel. 100% electric.
An SMCP® unit can be deployed on a quarry site, near an excavation project, alongside a ready-mix concrete plant, or integrated into a prefabrication facility.
Any operator with quarry waste and electricity can produce a certified 42.5-grade cement — high-performing and competitive.
Cement is becoming decentralised. This is a model disruption. And you can access it today!
valorisation déchets argileux, stériles argile, déblais argileux, co-produit de carrière, ciment décarboné, activation alcaline argile, liant géopolymère, méca-activation, meca-clay, géopolymère industriel, liant minéral, HP2A, quarry clay spoil, binder factory, alkali-activated binder, broyage, grinding
L'activation mécano-chimique à froid
un process sobre et éprouvé
Clay is made reactive by combining grinding with the action of an organic agent to form a hybrid organo-mineral material. This mechano-organic coupling maximises activation efficiency within an optimised processing window and confers very high reactivity to the clay without any thermal step. Read More
Cold mechano-chemical activation:
a lean and proven process
Clay is made reactive by combining grinding with the action of an organic agent to form a hybrid organo-mineral material. This mechano-organic coupling maximises activation efficiency within an optimised processing window and confers very high reactivity to the clay without any thermal step. Read More
Are you part of the construction supply chain?
You already have everything you need!
Explore our company's capabilities in detail
Quarry operators, civil engineering contractors, tunnelling companies, land developers.
Upstream, you generate waste and want to valorise it?
Overburden steriles.
Excavation soil.
Washing fines.
Argillo-calcareous sludge.
What you treat as a cost is a cementitious raw material.
Within a 25 km radius, it can be transformed into cement through your own activity. You are not creating a new dependency. You are valorising what you already have.
You are valorising what you already have.
Cement producers.
You produce cement and need to decarbonise at low cost?
You are subject to demand.
You are subject to regulatory pressure.
You are subject to the transition.
With CCC® technology, you drive it.
New high-value outlet. Immediate product differentiation. Optimal valorisation of your by-products or co-products.
A direct lever on your product ranges, your certifications, your industrial markets.
Ready-mix concrete producers, prefabricators, builders, land developers and civil engineering contractors.
Downstream, you consume cement and no longer want to bear the costs?
You bear the price.
You bear availability constraints.
You want to decarbonise your job sites.
With an SMCP®, you take back control.
Controlled costs. Autonomous supply. Product 50 to 75% lower in carbon than CEM I
A direct argument for your tenders, your labels, your clients.
The cement industry is reinventing itself. Why not you?
Join those who stopped being passive.
Materrup's CCC® technology was designed from the outset for industrial efficiency. Our compact SMCP® architecture offers a total production cost (CAPEX + OPEX) ten times lower than that of calcined or flash-calcined clay production lines.
No thermal loop, no gas exchangers, no cooling or filtration systems — electricity only, largely sourced from on-site solar generation.
This approach combines:
- Local and low-cost primary raw material, sourced from quarry waste and construction waste in particular
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Compact and modular installation,
suited to everyone, to all your needs, on existing or new sites - Best "carbon avoidance / invested CAPEX" ratio on the market
- Best cost structure
- Ultra-competitive licensing
- Very fast deployment
The result: a simple and fast industrial process, controlled costs, a rapid ROI that turns decarbonisation into a genuine competitiveness lever for the cement industry.
No more raw materials from far away.
Several thousand clays already validated. A reference geological database of several thousand samples collected worldwide — shales, natural pozzolans, sediments, tunnel boring spoil, washing by-products, argillo-calcareous sludge, and much more.
Raw material flexibility (varied clay waste, with no minimum or maximum composition limit).
No more centralised model. Welcome territorial value.
SMCP® decentralised model: compact and modular plants deployable directly on quarry sites or close to concrete markets. Reduced transport distances and associated emissions. Creation of territorial value.
No more fossil fuel dependency
Fully electrified process, partially powered by on-site solar energy. No fossil fuels, no kiln, no gas treatment
Zero direct emissions related to activation.
No more frightening CAPEX and OPEX
Total production costs (CAPEX + OPEX) are 10 times lower than those of calcined or flash-calcined clay lines. No thermal auxiliaries, no gas treatment — structurally leaner..
No more extraction.
Welcome local reuse.
Use of clays sourced from local partner waste — overburden steriles, excavation materials, washing by-products. Short supply chains within a 25 km radius around each plant.
No more regulatory uncertainty. Certified and compliant
Quality management compliant with EN 197-1, EN 197-5 and EN 197-2 standards. CE marking equivalence through internal/external testing, audits and systematic batch monitoring.
The cement industry is transforming.
And you?
Three deployment models to integrate Materrup technology into your business.
Licencing
CCC® technology integrated into your existing process. Quickly. Profitably..
You already have mills, mixers or a production line. Materrup transfers to you the right to operate its patented technology to produce MCC1 in full autonomy.
Fast implementation. No heavy restructuring. No additional operational burden.
The royalty level is designed to be profitable from day one. Producing under a MATERRUP licence means producing at lower cost, with better margins, and a product the market is asking for. The financial indicators associated with this model are solid. MATERRUP certification and use of the MCC1® brand can be included according to agreed terms.
You keep your equipment. You change the produc.
Brownfield
Your site becomes an MCC1® cement production unit. Quickly. Without execution risk..
You have an existing facility producing cement or any other mineral binder? We transfer the technology and equip your unit — assessing it, adjusting it where necessary, qualifying it and bringing it into production
Each brownfield deployment is handled on a tailored basis — diagnosis of your quarry waste, adaptation of your process equipment, engineering, training of your teams and certification of the cement produced under the MCC1® quality label.
MATERRUP supports you from initial qualification through to full industrial output, with the level of commitment suited to the complexity of your project
The fastest path to large-scale low-carbon production — on your own site.
Greenfield
A new dedicated unit, designed from the outset for CCC® technology. From 60 kt to 1 Mt..
You want to build new capacity and position yourself durably in your market. MATERRUP transfers CCC® technology to you and co-builds with you the industrial unit designed to express its full potential — from engineering to commissioning.
Support covers the entire deployment: equipment selection and qualification, process engineering, commissioning, team training, certification and MCC1® quality label. .
SMCP® modularity allows an expansion option to be built in from the initial sizing — with a positive scale effect on project costs and financial performance.
You are building a structurally significant industrial position. MATERRUP gives you the technology, the know-how and the brand to sustain it.
Decarbonise cement at the source: reduce CAPEX, maximise impact
Clinker production accounts for the vast majority of CO₂ emissions in cement manufacturing. By replacing a significant share of clinker with mineral waste through CCC®, cement producers and other industrial players can drastically reduce their emissions while maintaining full performance — immediately.
Drop-in cement
100% interchangeable in your silos
Negative externalities
0 No emissions. No discharges.
Local. Circular. Valorised
100 %
of activated clay sourced from waste.
Embodied energy
-50% less energy consumed
Less energy, less added cost.
Economic performance
AT THE SAME PRICE
No premium on Materrup cements: MCC1® is priced in line with conventional cement.
Mechanical performance
100% performance
Cement aligned with conventional performance standards.
Lean process, no firing
100 % electric
With a fully electrified process, partially powered by on-site solar energy..
Carbon avoidance
Up to
- 75 % CO2
280 to 350 kg CO₂ eq./t for MCC1® MATERRUP
180 kg CO₂ eq./t for MCC2® MATERRUP
vs 752 kg CO₂ eq. for CEM I
CCC®, a technology platform for all your clients and all their applications
MCC1® cement — produced using CCC® technology — is a certified 42.5-grade cement, fully interchangeable with conventional cement. In operation since 2022, it has been validated on structural concrete classes C25/30, C30/37, C35/45 and potentially beyond at equivalent dosage. Concrete partners confirm full operational compatibility with EN 206-type formulations.
Structural concrete (ready-mix)
Foundations, slabs, walls, blinding concrete. MCC1® delivers mechanical performance equivalent to conventional 42.5 cement — validated on classes C25/30 to C35/45 with ready-mix concrete partners since 2022.
Infrastructure & road works
High-performance hydraulic binder (HHB MCC1®) for durable, low-carbon infrastructure. Cycle paths, pedestrian walkways, sub-base layers, industrial slabs and photovoltaic foundations.
Ultra-low carbon mortars & renders
Ultra-low carbon mortars and renders produced with MCC1®. Coming soon: MCC2® cement at ≈180 kg CO₂eq/t for even lower-carbon formulations with reduced clinker content.
Prefabricated elements (CE marked)
Hollow blocks (B40, B60), kerbs and paving — among the lowest-carbon prefabricated products on the French market. CE marked.
Industrial expertise and turnkey support for your SMCP® plants
Materrup is the pioneer of cold activation of clay for cementitious applications, with technology protected since 2018 by more than 100 international patents. Our technology has already produced tens of thousands of cubic metres of structural concrete across more than 1,000 construction projects.
Materrup is already referenced, validated and specified. Your clients know it and can adopt it immediately. You produce, and Materrup certifies, qualifies and opens markets for you.
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MATURE TECHNOLOGY
SMCP® Landes in Saint-Geours-de-Maremne: commissioning and validation of industrial performance.
Ability to produce consistent and reliable cement
Effective management of raw material variability
Validated reproducibility from batch to batch and from unit to unit
Process robustness confirmed by real production.
DEPLOYED MODEL
Competitive and scalable deployment model, ready for large-scale industrialisation.
Technical performance, industrial reliability, commercial expertise.
4 additional production sites currently being deployed..
AN ALREADY OPEN MARKET
A CEMENT VALIDATED IN THE FIELD
Already referenced. Already specified in public procurement
Over 1,000 construction projects completed with our technology.
Tens of thousands of cubic metres of structural concrete produced
LEGAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL GUARANTEE
Technology protected by more than 100 international patents
CE-marked SMCP® industrial site compliant with the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC with safety engineering based on EN ISO 12100
First legal protection from 2018, ensuring security and exclusivity for our partners.
We could have built one giant plant.
We chose to build a hundred small ones — at your site.
Because true industrial performance is not measured in centralised capacity.
It is measured in value created where the material exists, where the concrete is poured.
At MATERRUP, we transfer a patented technology to those who want to take back control of their supply, their margin and their carbon footprint.
Your quarry waste is a raw material.
Your site is a plant that doesn't know it yet.
SMCP® plants make you autonomous — for good.
From your waste to your concrete : take control.
Produce without intermediaries. Without dependency.
Contact us and take it to the next level.