Heidelberg India Zhanxi Plant Put into Production to Increase Cement Production and Seize Market Share

Heidelberg Cement should officially announce that the company's plant in India has been put into operation. India is the world's second largest cement market after China, with an overall cement production capacity of 330 million tonnes per annum.

Heidelberg Cement entered the Indian market in 2006 after acquiring Mysore Cement. Subsequently, the company began to plan to put into operation a new project, and it is expected that the company's production capacity in the central region can be increased to 5-6 million tons per year. The commissioning of the new plant will bring Heidelberg's total cement production capacity to about 5 million tons per year, during which the company's expansion plan will invest 14 billion rupees. "This is the first step of our expansion plan in central India. With the increasing demand for cement in India and the availability of funds in all aspects, the company's total cement production capacity in India will reach 5 million tons per year after the new plant is put into operation.". We expect that the consumption of cement in the central region is growing at a higher rate, which shows that the demand for cement in the region is increasing and the prospects are very good. Ashish Guha, CEO and general manager of Heidelberg Cement, India, said.