Ramco Cements
The Ramco Cements Limited (formerly Madras Cements Limited) is a part of the Ramco Group with headquarters in Chennai, India. Ramco Cements has 5 Integrated Cement manufacturing units, 6 grinding units, and 1 Packing terminal across India. The company also produces Ready-Mix Concrete(RMC) and Dry Mortar products. The company has a Research Centre (Ramco Research & Development Centre) in Chennai and operates wind farms in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
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 The Ramco Cements Limited - Integrated Cement Plant at Ramasamy Raja Nagar Plant, Virudhu Nagar, Tamil Nadu | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Building Material Power Generation |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Founder | P A C Ramasamy Raja |
| Headquarters | Chennai , India |
Area served | South and East India |
Key people | Venketrama Raja, Managing Director A. V. Dharmakrishnan, CEO |
| Products | Cement
Dry Mortar Products Ready Mix Concrete |
| Revenue |  INR 59.80 billion (2021–22)[1] |
| Parent | Ramco Group |
| Website | www |
History
Ramco Cements was established as Madras Cements in 1961 by Shri. P.A.C. Ramasamy Raja, an industrialist and the founder of Ramco Group of Companies. The first plant commenced operation at Ramasamy Raja Nagar Plant, Aruppukkottai, Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu. They are the first to adopt dry process kiln technology and vertical roller mills which help in energy efficiency.
Operations
Cement
The company's main product is Portland cement, manufactured in eleven production facilities that include Integrated Cement plants and Grinding units with a current total production capacity of 21 MTPA.
It manufactures and markets Ordinary Portland Cements (OPC) and Blended Cements (PPC). The company has Integrated Cement plants at
- Alathiyur (in Tamil Nadu)
- Ariyalur (in Tamil Nadu)
- Kolimigundla (in Andhra Pradesh)
- Jayanthipuram, Jaggayyapeta (in Andhra Pradesh)
- Virudhunagar (in Tamil Nadu)
Grinding units at
- Uthiramerur (in Tamil Nadu)
- Valapady (in Tamil Nadu)
- Kolaghat (in West Bengal)
- Visakhapatnam (in Andhra Pradesh)
- Haridaspur (in Odisha)
- Mathod (in Karnataka)
and Packing unit at
- Nagercoil (in Tamil Nadu)
Ramco Cements Brands
Ramco Supercrete - for concreting
Ramco Superplast - for plastering
Ramco Supergrade - All purpose
Dry Mortar
The Dry Mortar products consisting of Tile Mix, Tile Grout, Block adhesives, Self curing Plaster and Putty are manufactured at
- Sriperumbudur, Chennai
- Vazhapadi, Salem, Tamil Nadu
- RR Nagar, Virudhunagar (in Tamil Nadu)
The dry mortar product brands include the popular Ramco Tile fix, Ramco Block Fix, Ramco Superplaster and Ramco Ecoplast.
Wind Power Generation
Ramco Cements opened its first wind farm at Muppandal in 1993. In 1995, Ramco Cements installed 69 additional windmills at Poolavadi near Coimbatore. As of 2019, the total installed windmill capacity is 165.785 MW with 235 individual units.
References
- "BSE Plus". BSE. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- "About Ramco Cements".