Neo-Eco, a Circular Economy Engineering Firm & Venture Builder

Neo-Eco is a French circular economy engineering firm and venture builder with 17 years of experience transforming waste flows into re-usable materials and products. One of Neo-Eco's main areas of expertise is construction and demolition waste, with an impressive portfolio that includes bringing circularity to:

• The entire Grand Paris Express project, which is creating 200km of new metro lines in France's capital by 2030.

• The Canal Seine Nord project, which consists of 100km of new canals that will ultimately link Paris with Brussels and Rotterdam via a network of inland waterways.

• The reconstructions of Ukraine and Turkiye, two areas hit by disaster with millions of tons of rubble that can be repurposed for new construction materials.

The firm also incubates and accelerates circular ventures, including two noteworthy companies: NeoCem and BringBack.

NeoCem has a global patent related to the flash calcination of clay, which is a key product that can be used to create low-carbon cement.

NeoCem's first calcined clay factory, 30km north of Paris

BringBack developed a patent that allows it to regenerate lead-acid batteries back to their original state, thereby avoiding the need to even recycle them. It currently regenerates thousands of batteries per month in northern France.

BringBack regenerates lead-acid batteries back to their original state

Neo-Eco has traditionally focused on the French market, but is increasingly looking to expand its impact abroad not only via the firm's consulting engagements, but also via joint ventures and FDI.

Three Mast Group is assisting in this process, helping Neo-Eco to do the following:

• Refresh its sales and marketing materials for a more international audience

• Secure export subsidies

• Define target markets for expansion

• Engage with the media and secure positive press

• Build relationships internationally with potential clients and partners, including local and national governments, development agencies and banks, industrial conglomerates, and large infrastructure firms

• Engage with the investors in target markets

• Use R&D grants as a way to expand internationally