Holcim
E789328
Holcim is a global leader in innovative and sustainable building materials and construction solutions.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holcim canonical | 2 |
| Holcim Indonesia | 1 |
| Holcim Ltd | 1 |
| Holcim Solutions & Products division | 1 |
| Holcim US | 1 |
| Lafarge | 1 |
| LafargeHolcim | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9284233 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holcim Context triple: [The Earthshot Prize, hasPartner, Holcim]
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A.
Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain is a major French multinational corporation specializing in the production and distribution of construction materials and high-performance solutions for buildings and industry.
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B.
Hochtief
Hochtief is a major German-based global construction group known for large-scale infrastructure, engineering, and building projects worldwide.
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C.
UltraTech Cement
UltraTech Cement is one of India’s largest cement manufacturers and a flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, known for its extensive presence in the infrastructure and construction sectors.
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D.
CF Industries
CF Industries is a leading North American manufacturer and distributor of nitrogen-based fertilizers for agricultural and industrial use.
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E.
Hollandse Beton Groep
Hollandse Beton Groep was a major Dutch construction and civil engineering company known for its role in large-scale infrastructure and hydraulic engineering projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holcim Target entity description: Holcim is a global leader in innovative and sustainable building materials and construction solutions.
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A.
Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain is a major French multinational corporation specializing in the production and distribution of construction materials and high-performance solutions for buildings and industry.
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B.
Hochtief
Hochtief is a major German-based global construction group known for large-scale infrastructure, engineering, and building projects worldwide.
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C.
UltraTech Cement
UltraTech Cement is one of India’s largest cement manufacturers and a flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, known for its extensive presence in the infrastructure and construction sectors.
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D.
CF Industries
CF Industries is a leading North American manufacturer and distributor of nitrogen-based fertilizers for agricultural and industrial use.
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E.
Hollandse Beton Groep
Hollandse Beton Groep was a major Dutch construction and civil engineering company known for its role in large-scale infrastructure and hydraulic engineering projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building materials company
ⓘ
company ⓘ |
| brand |
ECOPact
ⓘ
ECOPlanet ⓘ Firestone Building Products ⓘ Malarkey Roofing Products ⓘ
linked to:
Firestone Building Products
|
| commitment |
circular economy
ⓘ
reducing CO2 emissions ⓘ sustainable construction ⓘ |
| countryOfHeadquarters | Switzerland ⓘ |
| countryOfIncorporation | Switzerland ⓘ |
| focus |
circular construction
ⓘ
decarbonization of construction ⓘ sustainable building materials ⓘ |
| formerlyKnownAs |
Holcim Ltd
ⓘ
linked to:
Holcim
LafargeHolcim ⓘ
linked to:
Holcim
|
| hasGlobalPresenceIn |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Aggregate Industries
ⓘ
Geocycle ⓘ Holcim US ⓘ
linked to:
Holcim
Lafarge ⓘ
linked to:
Holcim
|
| headquartersLocation |
Zug, Switzerland
ⓘ
linked to:
Zug
|
| industry |
building materials
ⓘ
construction solutions ⓘ |
| legalForm | public limited company ⓘ |
| offersService |
construction solutions
ⓘ
engineering support ⓘ sustainability consulting ⓘ |
| operatesInSector |
commercial construction
ⓘ
construction industry ⓘ infrastructure ⓘ residential construction ⓘ |
| product |
aggregates
ⓘ
asphalt ⓘ cement ⓘ dry mortar ⓘ green concrete ⓘ insulation solutions ⓘ low-carbon cement ⓘ ready-mix concrete ⓘ roofing systems ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | SIX Swiss Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | HOLN ⓘ |
| website | https://www.holcim.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Holcim Description of subject: Holcim is a global leader in innovative and sustainable building materials and construction solutions.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Holcim
linked to: Holcim
linked to: Holcim
linked to: Holcim
linked to: Holcim
linked to: Holcim