Calcom Cement Limited (CCL), a joint venture between Vinay Cements Limited and Assam government, today launched its brand – Calcom Cement, in the market. The company had made investment to the tune of Rs 530 crore, the largest private sector investment in cement sector of the region. The company has two split plants located in Umrongsho, in Dima Hasao district (formerly known as North Cachar Hills) and at Lanka in Nagaon district.
The plant at peak capacity is expected to make North-East self sufficient in cement. The installed capacity of the plant is 1.7 million tonne. As per industry figures, the North-Eastern region has a total installed capacity of 2.5 million tonne of cement (excluding that of Calcom) as against the demand of 4.5 million tonne.
A senior official of CCL said that Calcom is the first and the only fully automatic plant in North East built with imported German technology and runs on fuzzy logic driven computer technology.
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