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Exclusive: Neo-Eco to build R&D lab in Ukraine to speed up product development for reconstruction rush

The rubble of war in Ukraine. (Photo by UNDP Ukraine CC BY-ND 2.0)

Neo-Eco, which produces building materials from war rubble and industrial waste, is building a state-of-the-art laboratory in Ukraine to accelerate product development so it can supply builders during the expected rush of reconstruction when the war ends.

The 700-square-meter laboratory, to open soon in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, will allow the company to develop new building materials from waste products in as little as 18 months, instead of the three to four years it takes currently, using the French firm's laboratories in France and Belgium, the company said.

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