Aramco, Chinese CBM Academy, Jointly Launch NEXCEL

Aramco and the China Building Materials Academy (CBMA) announced launching of NEXCEL, a new Non-metallic Excellence and Innovation Centre to further advance the use of non-metallic materials in the building and construction sector.

The centre was launched today at an event in Beijing, where the it will be located.

NEXCEL will leverage CBMA’s expertise and resources to promote the development and application of non-metallic technologies that offer superior lifecycle cost, efficiency and environmental advantages over their metal alternatives.

The new centre of excellence joins the Aramco launched NIC: Non-metallic Innovation Centre at The Welding Institute (TWI) in Cambridge, UK; and NEx: A Centre of Excellence for Non-metallic Building Materials at the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Headquartered, in Michigan, USA.

“We are excited to be part of this important initiative with the China Building Materials Academy, to jointly advance the use of non-metallics in building and construction in China.

At Aramco, we have been developing and deploying non-metallic solutions within our own operations for more than 20 years as they offer superior lifecycle cost, efficiency and environmental advantages over their metal alternatives.

Given the advantages of non-metallics, we believe that this new Centre of Excellence for Non-metallic Building Materials will catalyse a wide range of exciting new opportunities,” Ahmad A. Al-Sa’adi, Senior Vice President of Technical Services at Aramco said

“It is my honour to witness this historic strategic cooperation with Aramco. The partnership represents our long-term collaboration and mutual trust, and it is also an important measure to build green, low carbon solutions.

As an important platform for CNBM’s technological innovation, CBMA is the largest and strongest research centre in the field of non-metallic, in China.

CBMA will provide great support to NEXCEL, and create an open and innovative environment, helping NEXCEL make greater contributions to global sustainable development,” Zhan Yanjing, Vice President of the China National Building Material Group (CNBM), said, in turn.