HeidelbergCement India Limited announced that it successfully completed and commissioned the expansion project at Jhansi (U.P). The commercial production from the new grinding mill has been commenced. The highlights of the project are: installation of vertical roller mill from world renewed cement equipment supplier, Loesche GmbH.

Enhancement of packaging & dispatch capacities by installation of new packers. 5 Kms long 132 KV power transmission line. After the expansion of cement manufacturing capacity of Jhansi unit stands increased from 0.8 to 2.7 million tones per annum funded through mix of internal accruals and debt.

The expansion will enable the company to increase its market share in central India, and also increase deliveries in other markets including Bihar, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttarakhand.