Gigaton marks UK-India trade deal with landmark AI contracts at JK Cement and Adani Cement
Gigaton CEO heralds UK-India trade deal as delivering "tangible impact for both economies, and for our climate" with targeted savings across its customers' fleets in India set to reach $100m and 4MT of carbon over 5 years
- Gigaton (formerly Carbon Re) the UK's leading industrial AI company, has deals with two of India's leading cement producers
- Announced as the UK-India trade deal (CETA) comes into force on 15 July 2026
- AI-powered process optimisation and control live at JK Cement's Mangrol plant and about to begin deployment with Adani Cement
- Both deals trace back to trade missions co-founder Buffy Price joined in 2024 and 2025 organised by the UK Government and led by Sir Keir Starmer
LONDON, 16 July 2026 - Gigaton, the UK's leading industrial AI company, today confirmed its growing footprint in India, with AI-powered process optimisation and control live at JK Cement's Mangrol plant, and preparing to go live with Adani Cement at its Marwar Mundwa plant.
The announcement lands as the UK-India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) enters into force, a pivotal moment for the UK's trading relationship with the world's fastest-growing major economy, and one that opens up new opportunities for ambitious businesses on both sides.
"India is an industrial giant, and a democratic ally that sees economic growth as essential to a healthy, well-functioning society. The UK-India trade deal shows what two ambitious countries can achieve together: tangible impact for both economies, and for our climate." Josh Vernon, Gigaton CEO, comments
"The UK-India trade missions Gigaton's cofounder, Buffy Price, joined in 2024 and 2025 opened up access to buyers in the world's second largest cement market, and our partnerships with JK Cement and Adani Cement are proof of that in action."
Buffy Price joined the UK Prime Minster's Trade Delegation to India in October 2025
The trade missions led directly to the agreement with JK Cement, one of India's leading cement producers, with a production target of 50 million tons per year by 2030. Mangrol, in Rajasthan, is one of its largest plants and has been running Gigaton’s AI-powered process optimisation and control for around 9 months, giving the team real operating data well ahead of today's trade deal milestone.
"Our vision is to be a leader in AI innovation; the trade deal enables us to access talent from the UK as well as here in India.”
says Madhav Singhania, CEO of JK Cement
“We really like the hands-on approach from the Gigaton team, and agreements like this make it easier for their engineers to come to India to work alongside ours.”
Supported by Gigaton’s partner in India, Rajiv Engineers, an agreement with Adani Cement was also signed earlier this month. Adani Cement has 24 plants nationally and is building capacity at a scale few companies anywhere can match. Deployment at Marwar Mundwa is set to begin shortly.
Taken together, the two deals show Gigaton's technology being adopted by two of the largest players in one of the world's fastest-growing cement markets. Gigaton has the potential to cut up to 30,000 tons of CO2 per plant per year, equivalent to around 38,000 passenger-flights between London and Delhi. Achieving Gigaton’s targeted savings across both customers' fleets over five years would save $100 million and over 4 megatons of CO2, a meaningful contribution to net zero ambitions in both the UK and India.
Business and Trade Secretary Peter Kyle said:
“This is exactly what our UK-India trade deal is about - connecting businesses so that home-grown, innovative AI businesses like Gigaton can expand across the globe, helping cut emissions on an industrial scale.
Gigaton is showing exactly what’s possible for ambitious UK businesses who want to work in India, and I hope to see many more following their lead thanks to our landmark agreement."
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About Gigaton (formerly Carbon Re)
Gigaton builds autonomous, self-learning AI control software for energy-intensive industries. Its platform simulates, controls and continuously improves complex industrial processes, reducing fuel costs, cutting emissions and enabling a new generation of resilient, intelligent plant operations. Founded in 2020 as Carbon Re and spun out of UCL and the University of Cambridge, Gigaton works with some of the world's largest industrial producers, including JK Cement, Adani Cement, Heidelberg Materials, Holcim and Mannok Holdings DAC. In June 2026, Gigaton raised $26 million in Series A funding led by Plural, taking total funding to over $35 million.
About Rajiv Engineers
Rajiv Engineers (RE) is one of India's fast-growing diversified engineering and technology groups, driven by a vision of innovation, operational excellence, and long-term value creation. Under the dynamic leadership of Mr. Ankit Patel, Managing Director, the Group has evolved from a trusted engineering solutions provider into a multi-business enterprise serving India's core industrial sectors.
The Group operates across a broad spectrum of businesses, including Welding & Cutting Solutions, Industrial Cranes & Material Handling Systems, AI Solutions for the Cement Industry, Aviation Systems, CNC Plasma & Laser Cutting Systems, Engineering Projects, and emerging technology-driven ventures.
Cement Industry in India
Cement production in India is expected to rise nearly sevenfold by 2070, from 391 million tonnes in 2023, according to the NITI Aayog Roadmap for Cement Sector Decarbonisation. Under a business-as-usual scenario, emissions from the sector are projected to rise from 246 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent (MtCO2e) in 2023 to 945 MtCO2e in 2047, reaching 1,323 MtCO2e a year by 2070. The sector accounts for around 6% of India's total greenhouse gas emissions.
NITI Aayog Roadmap for Cement Decarbonisation
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