FLSmidth (FLS) cement is now Fuller, an independent company marking a return to its American industrial roots. Fuller continues to provide technology, services, and equipment for the cement sector, focusing on sustainability and efficiency.
At the end of 2025, FLS divested its cement business. selling FLSmidth Cement as a complete operating business to Pacific Avenue Capital Partners, a private equity firm. Following this acquisition, the company was rebranded as Fuller Technologies. The name is a direct reference to the company’s heritage and origins and reflects the legacy of FLSmidth, which acquired the original Fuller business in 1990. The Fuller Company itself had a long industrial history dating back to the early 20th century in the United States, known especially for cement handling equipment.
The newly formed Fuller Technologies has taken over all the operations of FLSmidth Cement, offering cement production equipment and digital optimisation tools to cement producers with an increased focus on innovation and sustainability. Fuller’s technology is used in the world’s largest calcined clay installation at the CBI Ghana works near Accra. The installation has a capacity of more than 400,000 tonnes of calcined clay per year, and production started in May 2025. Calcined clay has the potential to save up to 40% of CO2 emissions by replacing some of the energy-intensive clinker used in cement production.
The company is also working on a range of pilot and demonstration projects to support the production of lower-emissions cement, including at its test centre in Dania, Denmark, where testing of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) and clays is carried out.