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This month, CheckProof welcomed customers, partners, and industry peers to it’s annual Industry Summit - a full-day event dedicated to one big question:
What does future operational excellence look like for the construction materials and heavy industry?
Held in the stunning surroundings of Stanbrook Abbey Hotel, in Worcester, UK, the CheckProof Industry Summit 2025 brought together leaders from across heavy industries and the construction materials sector for a day of bold exchange of ideas, real-world learnings, and, of course, networking and fun moments along the way.
From enhanced inspections to predictive maintenance and AI-powered safety, the sessions struck a balance between inspiration and action.
The essence of the Industry Summit is simple - CheckProof isn’t just helping the industry adopt new technology - we’re collaborating with our key customers to shape the next generation of tools around to maximise our future operations.
For those who couldn’t attend, here’s a look at the insights, discussions, and shared momentum from a day dedicated to learning and shaping the future.
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Highlight reel from CheckProof's Industry Summit 2025
Setting the Standard for Operational Excellence
The day opened with CEO Håkan Holmgren and COO Linn Karlsson welcoming attendees and outlining CheckProof’s north star:
“To be the number one system for the construction materials industry and set the standard for operational excellence.”
This vision defines how CheckProof continues to expand across the four pillars that underpin daily operations – Maintenance, Health, Safety & Environment, Quality, and Production.
They highlighted CheckProof’s remarkable growth over the past year, showcasing how the company has expanded not just in technology, but in people and global reach. Key milestones included:
- Launching our US office — CheckProof US Inc. in Houston, Texas
- Expanding the workforce from 31 to 66 employees, adding native speakers in French, German, and Spanish to better support global clients
- Opening a tech hub in Indonesia to accelerate product development
- Strengthening the management team with new leadership:
- Niklas Borgström, CMO
- Richard Haagensen, CTO
- Johan Linde, HR Operations Specialist
- Welcoming tenured Board Member Katarina Bonde
These achievements reinforced the message that CheckProof is growing stronger than ever, and with this growth, the ability to deliver further innovative solutions and enhanced support for clients around the world.
Risk, Innovation & Leadership – Lessons from the Keynote
The morning keynote by Caspar Berry, former professional poker player turned motivational speaker, delivered one of the most engaging sessions of the day. His talk, “Risk, Innovation & Leadership,” challenged attendees to see uncertainty not as a threat, but as an essential part of growth.
By drawing parallels between decision-making in poker and leadership in business, Caspar underscored that progress depends on making bold, informed bets - a message that echoed through later discussions about innovation, AI, and digital transformation.
Breakout Sessions: Tackling Real Operational Challenges
In the late morning, attendees split into focused breakout sessions to dive into specific operational pain points:
- Fleet Optimization & Sensor Technology – How to reduce idle time, detect early failures, and improve equipment reliability.
- Compliance & Planning Tools – Streamlining documentation and meeting multi-site compliance without added admin.
- Elevating HSEQ Processes – Using risk assessment and digital reporting to enhance safety culture across teams.
The sessions encouraged open sharing between plant, fleet, and operations managers on how digital tools are making measurable differences - not just in efficiency, but in visibility and confidence across teams.
Lessons from the Field – Customer Panel Insights
The afternoon kicked off with the highly anticipated customer panel, featuring:
Tim Copping (Breedon Group), Tom O’Boyle (Heidelberg Materials), and Matt Dare (PowerX Equipment).
Moderated by the CheckProof team, the discussion centered on the theme: Digital Maintenance – Lessons from the Field.
Each speaker shared practical insights from their digital transformation journeys, painting a candid picture of both the challenges and the rewards.
Some key takeaways included:
- The importance of real-time data in anticipating maintenance needs rather than reacting to failures.
- Building a culture of accountability through transparent, shared reporting.
- Integrating maintenance data with production and safety systems to create a single source of truth across the business.
- How predictive and condition-based maintenance can turn reactive processes into preventive ones — improving uptime and reducing costs.
The discussion also revealed a growing consensus: digitization and data mining are no longer about “if” but “how fast.” As one panelist noted, “When everyone can see the same data in real time, you don’t just save hours, you change how decisions are made.”
The Future Is Intelligent – Exploring AI, IoT & Next-Gen Tools
Following the panel, Futurist Ant Morse followed with a captivating keynote on “Future Proof: Exploring AI, Spatial Computing & IoT.”
He explored how technologies once seen as “next decade” are already shaping how heavy industry operates - from AI-driven predictive maintenance to wearable devices that improve safety on the front line.
His outlook was optimistic and grounded:
“AI won’t replace people - it will empower them. It’s the power source behind safer, smarter work.”
For a deep dive into Ant’s take on AI-powered solutions for the construction materials and heavy industries, note his upcoming podcast episode in your diaries.
Kevin Cage & Cemex UK: A Digital Transformation in Action
Following the panel, Kevin Cage, Head of Aggregate Operations at Cemex UK, took the stage for a deep dive into Cemex’s own transformation journey with CheckProof. His presentation on “Cemex UK: Our journey with CheckProof” highlighted how transitioning from paper-based processes to a comprehensive digital platform transformed operations across central and southern UK. With over 300 users in Aggregates Operations alone, CheckProof streamlined workflows, improved visibility, and reduced preventable breakdowns.
Broad Impact Across Cemex’s Business
CheckProof is deeply embedded across Maintenance, HSEQ, and core business lines including Aggregates, Asphalt, Cement, Marine Aggregates, Ready-Mix Concrete, Dry Silo Mortar, Building Products, and Rail Distribution. Its standardized, integrated approach has eliminated data loss, cut stationery costs, and become the go-to system across departments.
Operational and Financial Gains
Cemex reported over £1M in savings, a 24% reduction in idle time, and a 3% increase in planned uptime in 2024. With 1 million checks completed to date, including 262k year-to-date, the platform proves essential for compliance, safety, and operational efficiency. Looking ahead, features like the Planning Tool and Sub Units which are soon to be integrated into Cemex UK’s workflow, promise even further optimization.
The Product Roadmap: From Inspections to a Central Operations Management Platform
One of the most anticipated sessions of the day was the CheckProof Product Roadmap, which drew a palpable buzz in the room. The presentation revealed how CheckProof is evolving from a maintenance management tool into an operations management platform - uniting assets, people, and processes.
Upcoming features showcased during the session included:
- AI Check Creation: Upload an equipment manual and instantly receive an AI-generated inspection checklist, complete with suggested intervals and checks.
- Work Management: Visualize and optimize the flow of daily tasks and projects across sites.
- Spare-Part Warehouse & Resource Management: Manage parts, labor hours, and resource allocation in one place.
- OEE Metrics: Bring manufacturing-grade performance analytics into everyday operations.
- Risk Assessment: Elevating Health & Safety and Quality routines with enhanced and easy to use, risk assessment from one platform.
The roadmap showed how CheckProof is connecting workflows, centralizing data, and delivering actionable insights across teams. The platform is evolving into the central hub for operations across the construction materials industry.
Poker, Perspective, and a Perfect Ending
As the formal sessions concluded, guests gathered in Stanbrook’s historic Abbey for a three-course dinner - and a surprise return to the day’s theme of risk and decision-making.
In a nod to Caspar Berry’s keynote on risk, guests took part in a friendly poker game (just fun, but with no money exchanged hands).
As Håkan Holmgren closed the day, the takeaway was clear:
The future of construction materials operations is integrated, intelligent, and collaborative. The era of disconnected tools and paper-based admin is ending, giving way to platforms that connect people, data, and processes in real time. If the Summit showed anything, it’s that the industry isn’t waiting for change — it’s leading it.
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