The waste problem
- Glass cullet with no high-value end-use
- Fiber waste piling in industrial yards
- Slag stockpiles from metal production
- Carbon-fiber offcuts headed to landfill
Building From Waste · Applied Research
High-performance bricks, made from waste streams.
CemNex Innovations transforms unconventional waste — glass, fiber, slag, and carbon-fiber waste — into durable building bricks for the construction and energy industries. Cleaner supply chains, stronger walls.
The problem
Industrial waste keeps piling up — we make it into walls
Every year, millions of tonnes of glass, fiber, slag, and carbon-fiber waste end up in landfill. CemNex turns those unconventional waste streams into high-performance building bricks — closing the loop between industry and construction.
Why bury it?
- Rising landfill and disposal costs
- Leaching and emissions from stockpiles
- Tighter regulation on industrial waste
The opportunity
The construction industry needs a sustainable, high-performance brick — and the feedstock to make it is already on site.
See our processOur process · Waste-to-brick
From waste streams
to building bricks
CemNex converts glass, fiber, slag, and carbon-fiber waste into high-performance building bricks using a low-temperature activation process. No clinker kilns, no virgin quarrying — just unconventional feedstocks, engineered into walls that perform.
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Source
Unconventional waste streams — glass, fiber, slag, carbon-fiber waste — diverted from landfill.
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Activate
A low-temperature activation process binds the mix into a high-performance brick — no clinker kiln, no kiln-fired cement.
03
Build
Bricks, blocks, and panels cast to standard — for walls, facades, and structural elements.
“Walls that move with life — built from what the industry throws away.”
— The CemNex vision
Waste-to-brick process
Glass · Fiber · Slag · Carbon-fiber
Carbon-smart by design
Engineered from waste streams, cured with radically less energy than traditional brickmaking.
The product
One solution. Infinite options.
An all-in-one product in a 3-step process — building bricks from waste streams, made to move with life.
All-in-One product
A single brick that replaces multiple conventional materials — sourced from waste.
3-step process
Source → Activate → Build. Simpler supply chains, faster execution.
Endless applications
Our objective. Transform unconventional industrial and consumer waste — glass, fiber, slag, and carbon-fiber waste — into high-performance building bricks.
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Commercial Registration No.
Proof of concept
Customer satisfaction, by the numbers
Early proof-of-concept feedback from customers across three satisfaction criteria — measured in the field, not on a slide.
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Satisfaction criterion 01
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Satisfaction criterion 02
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Satisfaction criterion 03
Pilot survey results across three satisfaction dimensions, as presented in our proof-of-concept.
Our ask
Pilot deployment.
Let's prove it together.
We're ready to deploy waste-derived bricks in a live, high-visibility environment — showing developers, contractors, and tenants what building from unconventional waste can do on a real site.
Target pilot site
Al Danah (Dhahran) District
Mall & retail centers — partner site
Pilot-ready for Q3/Q4 2026
Leadership
Built by researchers,
led by builders
A founding team rooted in applied research and industrial delivery — bridging the lab and the site.
Salaheldin ElKatatny
Chief Executive Officer
Driving the vision and commercial execution behind CemNex's pathway from research to market.
Ahmed Abd El Fattah
Chief Technology Officer
Leading materials R&D — from waste-stream formulation to scalable, site-ready bricks.
Abdulmalek Ahmed
R&D
Hands-on researcher developing and validating waste-derived formulations — from the lab bench to the construction site.
Registered company
CemNex Commercial Registration
Fully registered and active, ready to transact with partners and developers.
- Company type
- Limited liability company
- Characteristics
- One person
- National number
- 7053763665
- Release date
- 25 / 02 / 2026
- Status
- Active
Get in touch
Let's build
walls from waste.
Whether you're a developer, contractor, or waste-stream operator — partner with CemNex to pilot waste-derived bricks on your next project.
info@cemnex.netServing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — Dhahran & beyond