Finnish concrete 3D printing specialist Hyperion Robotics has chosen Flixborough, near Scunthorpe, as the location for its first UK concrete manufacturing facility.  The specialist has signed an agreement with Swedish company LKAB Minerals to set up a prefabricated concrete production plant on LKAB’s industrial site in North Lincolnshire. Named Forge I, the factory is scheduled to open before summer 2026 and will produce pre-cast concrete foundation units using robotic and automated manufacturing systems. LKAB will supply both the mineral inputs used in the concrete mix and the physical site, while Hyperion takes responsibility for developing and operating the facility. Steve Handscomb, Managing Director Cementitious, LKAB Minerals UK, said, “By supplying climate-efficient mineral inputs directly into Hyperion’s computational design and robotic production platform, we are helping to establish a new automated raw-materials-to-infrastructure value chain in the UK.…