{{Infobox company | name = Heracles General Cement Corporation | logo = | caption = | native_name = Heracles General Cement Corporation | native_name_lang = <!-- Use ISO 639-2 code, e.g. "fr" for French. If there is more than one native name, in different languages, enter those names using {{tl|lang}}, instead. --> | romanized = | former type = | type = | traded_as = | industry = Building materials | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = <!-- City, Country ({{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}) --> | founder = | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | location_city = Athens | location_country = Greece | locations = | area_served = Greece | key_people = Takis Athanasopoulos '''(Chairman)'''<br> Dimitris Chanis '''(CEO)''' | products = | production = | services = | revenue = €212.66 million (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lafarge.gr/8102018-etisia-oikonomiki-ekthesi-tis-hriseos-poy-elixe-tin-31i-dekemvrioy-2017-tis-etairias-aget|title=8.10.2018 - Ετήσια Οικονομική Έκθεση Της Χρήσεως Που Έληξε Την 31η Δεκεμβρίου 2017 Της Εταιρίας Α.Γ.Ε.Τ. ΗΡΑΚΛΗΣ}}</ref> | net_income = €(11.94) million (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lafarge.gr/8102018-etisia-oikonomiki-ekthesi-tis-hriseos-poy-elixe-tin-31i-dekemvrioy-2017-tis-etairias-aget|title=8.10.2018 - Ετήσια Οικονομική Έκθεση Της Χρήσεως Που Έληξε Την 31η Δεκεμβρίου 2017 Της Εταιρίας Α.Γ.Ε.Τ. ΗΡΑΚΛΗΣ}}</ref> | aum = | assets = €507.81 million (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lafarge.gr/8102018-etisia-oikonomiki-ekthesi-tis-hriseos-poy-elixe-tin-31i-dekemvrioy-2017-tis-etairias-aget|title=8.10.2018 - Ετήσια Οικονομική Έκθεση Της Χρήσεως Που Έληξε Την 31η Δεκεμβρίου 2017 Της Εταιρίας Α.Γ.Ε.Τ. ΗΡΑΚΛΗΣ}}</ref> | equity = €272.10 million (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lafarge.gr/8102018-etisia-oikonomiki-ekthesi-tis-hriseos-poy-elixe-tin-31i-dekemvrioy-2017-tis-etairias-aget|title=8.10.2018 - Ετήσια Οικονομική Έκθεση Της Χρήσεως Που Έληξε Την 31η Δεκεμβρίου 2017 Της Εταιρίας Α.Γ.Ε.Τ. ΗΡΑΚΛΗΣ}}</ref> | owner = LafargeHolcim (100%)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4-traders.com/HERACLES-GENERAL-CEMENT-C-1408776/company/|title=Heracles General Cement Company company : Shareholders, managers and business summary}}</ref> | num_employees = 511 (2018) | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|https://www.lafarge.gr}} | footnotes = | intl = | bodystyle = }}
'''Heracles General Cement Corporation''' ({{Langx|el|Ανώνυμος Γενική Εταιρία Τσιμέντων Ηρακλής}}) '''(Α.Γ.Ε.Τ ΗΡΑΚΛΗΣ)''' is a Greece-based cement, concrete and aggregates company which operates a large number of plants and facilities throughout Greece and Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ΓΕΜΗ :: Υπηρεσίες Δημοσιότητας |url=https://publicity.businessportal.gr/company/224201000 |access-date=2025-07-11 |website=publicity.businessportal.gr}}</ref>
== Structure == HERACLES General Cement Company S.A. is a subsidiary of LafargeHolcim. As of September 2018, it employs 511.<ref name="multiple">{{Cite news |date=2017-11-23 |title=Οι Άνθρ��ποι μας |trans-title=Our People |url=https://www.lafarge.gr/oi-anthropoi-mas |access-date=2018-10-17 |work=Όμιλος ΗΡΑΚΛΗΣ, τσιμέντο, σκυρόδεμα και αδρανή |language=el}}</ref>
== Location == The company is headquartered in Athens, Greece.
== Facilities == Heracles operates three cement production plants, one of which, located in Volos, is the largest cement plant in Europe.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} It also operates six distribution centers around Greece.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-11-27 |title=Εγκαταστάσεις |trans-title=Facilities |url=https://www.lafarge.gr/egkatastaseis |access-date=2018-10-17 |work=Όμιλος ΗΡΑΚΛΗΣ, τσιμέντο, σκυρόδεμα και αδρανή |language=el}}</ref>
== Products and services == Heracles offers steel frame and mechanical maintenance services, as well as sea transportation and ship management services. Its main products include different grades of cement, bagged or in bulk, aggregates, and concrete, for construction or for other purposes. It also sells intermediate cement production materials, such as clinker.
== Carbon capture == Announced in 2022, the Olympus carbon capture and storage (CCS) project aims to make its Milaki cement plant in Evia a net-zero carbon facility. The project, funded by the EU Innovation Fund with an investment of over €300 million,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Innovation Fund projects - European Commission |url=https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/eu-funding-climate-action/innovation-fund/innovation-fund-projects_en |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=climate.ec.europa.eu |language=en}}</ref> utilizes carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies.
In January 2025, Heracles signed a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) with Air Liquide to advance the Olympus carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at its Milaki plant in Greece. Air Liquide will provide integrated systems for CO<sub>2</sub> capture, oxygen enrichment, and cryogenic separation. The captured CO<sub>2</sub> will be liquefied and transported by sea to the offshore sequestration facility at Prinos in the Aegean Sea.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stankova |first=Theodora |date=2025-01-04 |title=HERACLES And Air Liquide Partner For Olympus Carbon Capture Project In Greece |url=https://carbonherald.com/heracles-and-air-liquide-partner-for-olympus-carbon-capture-project-in-greece/ |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=Carbon Herald |language=en-US}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Official website}} {{In lang|el|en}}
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