building materials founded 1983 headquarters mumbai maharashtra india key people k. k. maheshwari director products cements revenue us 3.7 billion 2011 12 1 profit us 450 million 2011 12 1 parent grasim industries slogan the engineer s choice website www.ultratechcement.com template non free logo this page is a soft redirect . ultratech cement limited bse 532538 is india s biggest cement company 2 and india s largest exporter of cement clinker based in mumbai india . 3 the company is part of the aditya birla group and division of grasim industries . it has an annual capacity of 64 million tonnes . ultratech cement has been awarded the superbrand status . 4 contents 1 products 2 plants 3 brands 4 see also 5 references products edit it manufactures and markets ordinary portland cement londonblast furnace slag cement white cement and portland pozzolana cement . it also manufactures ready mix concrete rmc and autoclaved aerated concrete blocks aac blocks with brand name ultratech xtralite . the export markets span countries around the indian ocean africa europe and the middle east . ultratech is india s largest exporter of cement clinker . the company s production facilities are spread across twelve integrated plants one white cement plant one clinkerisation plant in uae sixteen grinding units and five terminals four in india and one in sri lanka . most of the plants have iso 9001 iso 14001 and ohsas 18001 certification . in addition two have received iso 27001 certification and four have received sa 8000 certification . the process is currently underway for the remaining plants . the company exports over 2.5 million tonnes per annum which is about 30 per cent of the country s total exports . the export market consists of countries around the indian ocean africa europe and the middle east . export is a thrust area in the company s strategy for growth . ultratech s products include ordinary portland cement portland blast furnace slag cement portland pozzolana cement cement to european and sri lankan norms ordinary portland cement ordinary portland cement is the most commonly used cement for a wide range of applications . these applications cover dry lean mixes general purpose ready mixes and even high strength pre cast and pre stressed concrete . portland blast furnace slag cement portland blast furnace slag cement contains up to 70 per cent of finely ground granulated blast furnace slag a nonmetallic product consisting essentially of silicates and alumino silicates of calcium . slag brings with it the advantage of the energy invested in the slag making . grinding slag for cement replacement takes only 25 per cent of the energy needed to manufacture portland cement . using slag cement to replace a portion of portland cement in a concrete mixture is a useful method to make concrete better and more consistent . portland blast furnace slag cement has a lighter colour better concrete workability easier finishability higher compressive and flexural strength lower permeability improved resistance to aggressive chemicals and more consistent plastic and hardened consistency . portland pozzolana cement portland pozzolana cement is ordinary portland cement blended with pozzolanic materials power station fly ash burnt clays ash from burnt plant material or silicious earths either together or separately . portland clinker is ground with gypsum and pozzolanic materials which though they do not have cementing properties in themselves combine chemically with portland cement in the presence of water to form extra strong cementing material which resists wet cracking thermal cracking and has a high degree of cohesion and workability in concrete and mortar plants edit ultratech s presence along with its subsidiaries is recorded at 12 composite plants one white cement plant two wall care putty plants one clinkerisation plant in uae 16 grinding units ; 12 in india 2 in uae 1 in bahrain and bangladesh each 6 bulk terminals ; 5 in india and 1 in sri lanka and 101 concrete plants as per the company website . these facilities gradually came up over the years as indicated below 2011 ultratech cement middle east investments limited a wholly owned subsidiary of the company has acquired management control of eta star cement together with its operations in the uae bahrain and bangladesh the cement business of grasim demerged and vested in samruddhi cement limited in may 2010 . subsequently samruddhi cement limited amalgamated with ultratech cement limited in july 2010 . 2006 narmada cement company limited amalgamated with ultratech pursuant to a scheme of amalgamation being approved by the board for industrial & financial reconstruction bifr in terms of the provision of sick industrial companies act special provisions 2004 completion of the implementation process to demerge the cement business of l & t and completion of open offer by grasim with the latter acquiring controlling stake in the newly formed company ultratech 2003 the board of larsen & toubro ltd l & t decides to demerge its cement business into a separate cement company cemco . grasim decides to acquire an 8.5 per cent equity stake from l & t and then make an open offer for 30 per cent of the equity of cemco to acquire management control of the company . 2002 the grasim board approves an open offer for purchase of up to 20 per cent of the equity shares of larsen & toubro ltd l & t in accordance with the provisions and guidelines issued as per securities & exchange board of india sebi regulations 1997 . grasim increases its stake in l & t to 14.15 per cent arakkonam grinding unit 2001 grasim acquires 10 per cent stake in l & t. subsequently increases stake to 15.3 per cent by october 2002 durgapur grinding unit 1998 2000 bulk cement terminals at mangalore navi mumbai and colombo 1999 narmada cement company limited acquired ratnagiri cement works 1998 gujarat cement works plant ii andhra pradesh cement works 1996 gujarat cement works plant i 1994 hirmi cement works 1993 jharsuguda grinding unit 1987 awarpur cement works plant ii 1983 awarpur cement works plant i brands edit ultratech cement birla white ultratech ready mix concrete ultratech xtralite ultratech building solution see also edit aditya birla group grasim industries references edit a b bse plus . bseindia.com . retrieved 2011 02 02 . ultratech cement topnews . topnews.in . retrieved 2010 07 16 . ultratech contact us . ultratechcement.com . retrieved 2010 07 16 . superbrandsindia . superbrandsindia.com . retrieved 2011 07 30 . v t e aditya birla group companies aditya birla group birla corporation grasim industries hindalco industries idea cellular ultratech cement more retail notable non indian companies novelis thai peroxide liaoning birla carbon a.v. group aditya birla minerals ltd swiss singapore overseas enterprises pte ltd thai acrylic fibre thai rayon domsj fabriker school and institutes aditya birla public school renukoot aditya birla public school renusagar notable people kumar mangalam birla baldeo das birla ghanshyam das birla krishna kumar birla madhav prasad birla rameshwar das birla shobhana bhartia aditya vikram birla v t e cnx nifty companies of india acc ambuja cements asian paints axis bank bajaj auto bank of baroda bhel bpcl bharti airtel cairn india cipla coal india dlf dr. reddy s laboratories gail grasim industries hcl technologies hdfc hdfc bank hero motocorp hindalco industries hul infosys icici bank idfc indusind bank ltd. itc limited jindal steel and power kotak mahindra bank l & t lupin mahindra & mahindra maruti udyog nmdc ntpc ongc power grid corporation pnb reliance industries sesa sterlite limited sbi sun pharmaceutical tcs tata motors tata power tata steel tech mahindra ultratech cement wipro zee entertainment enterprises retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ultratech cement & oldid 740154992 categories cement companies of indiacompanies based in mumbaicompanies established in 1983aditya birla groupcnx niftyindian brandshidden categories wikipedia soft redirects navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 19 september 2016 at 11 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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