Madras Cements is the most reputed company belonging to the Ramco Group. The company was established in the year 1987 at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. It is a completely computerized cement-producing company and has a captive power plant which is run on gas and a 20 megawatt generator.
Facts about Madras Cements:
Madras Cements is among the major cement producers in India and has become successful in producing cement at an economical rate. It is the proud possessor of a significant wind-farm in India. Madras Cements has developed 3 plants producing 6 million tons of cement. The products of the company comprise OPC or Ordinary Portland Cement, Portland Slag Cement (PSC), Pozzalana Portland Cement (PPC). Madras Cements Company is showing consistent growth in terms of profit and production.
Development Plans of Madras Cements:
The concrete of ready-mix variety called Ramco Ready Mix Concrete is produced by Madras Cements which is manufactured at its Vengaivasal plant, close to Chennai. This cement is easy to use and requires a boom-placer fitted in a truck to facilitate the construction of sky-scrapers. There are plans to establish more ready-mix plants in the near future to cater to the needs of south-India.
Recent Developments Plans of Madras Cements:
Madras Cements is considering plans to increase its production from 60 lakh tons to 100 lakh tons and is on its way to increase the capacity of generation of wind power to 120 megawatt, to reduce the costs on energy. Madras Cements is also going to set up a kiln at its Jayanthipuram unit, which will enable the production of 4,000 tons of cement on a daily basis. Another plant will soon be started by Madras Cements at Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu to produce 20 lakh tons cement more on a yearly basis. A sum of Rs. 967 crore is supposed to be invested for the plant which will include a 56.7 megawatt generator run on electrical energy. The availability of fly ash in the states such as West Bengal, Andra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu is attracting Madras Cements to establish grinding units to cut down the costs of transportation.
Latest Technical Equipments in Madras Cements:
Madras Cements is making use of the advanced technological developments and is yet to incorporate more improvisations to the existing structure in the near future. The latest technologies which are used in Madras Cements Company are vertical mills to facilitate the grounding of cement, latest X-ray technology to ensure good quality cement, surface mining technology, softwares to control the varied processes inside the manufacturing units, bag filters, and advanced ESPs.
Madras Cements is growing by leaps and bounds - its production has increased from 47.11 lakh tons in 2005-06 to 56.68 lakh tons in 2006-07. The company has shown an impressive growth of 20% this year.
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