HOW TO MANUFACTURE OF ANMBUJA CEMENT

[ABOUT AMBUJA CEMENT]

Ambuja Cements Ltd., a member of Holcim - global leader in
innovative and sustainable building solutions, is among the leading
cement companies in India. Ambuja Cement has provided hassle-
free, home-building solutions with its unique sustainable
development projects and environment-friendly practices since it
started operations. Currently, Ambuja Cement has a cement capacity
of 31 million tonnes with six integrated cement manufacturing plants
and eight cement grinding units across the country.
The company has many firsts to its credit – a captive port with four
terminals that has facilitated timely, cost-effective, cleaner
shipments of bulk cement to its customers. To further add value to
our customers, the company has launched innovative products like
Ambuja Roof Special, Ambuja Cool Walls, Ambuja Kawach and
Ambuja Cement Compocem. The new products not only fulfil
important customer needs but also help in significantly reducing
caAmbuja Cement is the industry leader in responsible use of
resources, both natural and man-made. The company has been
certified over eight times water positive, a feat achieved through
conservation efforts and increasing water efficiency in its plants. It is
also plastic negative, by burning as much as over 75,000 tonnes of
plastic waste in its kilns, equivalent to 2.5 times of total plastic used.
The company also generated 7.1% of its power needs from
renewable resources.
Sustainable profitable growth is ingrained in the company’s DNA.
Ambuja Cement’s multi-pronged strategy, including triple bottom
line accounting method; True Value; good corporate governance
practices; overarching corporate environment policy; and sustainable
supply chain policy have helped cement the company's credentials as
a sustainable manufacturer. Ambuja Cement's Sustainable
Development Ambition 2030 provides strategic direction to the
company's long-term sustainability vision. All Ambuja Cement plants
are ISO 14001 certified.
Ambuja Knowledge Centres (AKCs), a unique initiative by the
company, serves as a knowledge sharing platform for construction
professionals that includes practical workshops on mix design and
quality supervision. Currently, over 30 AKCs are functional across
India.
The company also works closely with communities that live around
its plants, through its CSR arm, the Ambuja Cement Foundation
(ACF). ACF implements need-based and participatory programmes in
the thematic areas of water resource development, health and
sanitation, women empowerment, rural infrastructure, education
and agro-based/skill-based livelihood creation.
The company's most distinctive attribute is its approach to business.
Ambuja Cement follows a unique homegrown philosophy    that
gives people the authority to set their own targets and the freedom
to achieve their goals. Its focus has been consistent on two major
building blocks that has resonated through its daily operations –
Quality (of products) and Safety (of all those involved in the creation
of its products).

PRODUCT & SERVICES

An established brand in India, Ambuja Cement is known for its high
strength, high performance Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) and
Pozzolana Portland Cement (PPC). OPC & PPC both are high quality
active hydraulic binders & are preferred brands in the market for all
the construction applications.  The company currently has a
manufacturing capacity of 29.65 million tonnes.

Innovation – the hallmark of Ambuja Cement since its inception – has

helped it develop technology to produce cement of consistent
quality from diverse raw materials. About 25 per cent of the
company’s production of high strength Portland Pozzolana Cement
(PPC) uses fly ash – a waste produced in thermal power plants – as
raw material. PPC currently constitutes 93 percent of the company’s
product portfolio.

Ambuja was the first to introduce 53-grade cement in the market. By

benchmarking quality standards for the industry, Ambuja became
the first cement company to receive the ISO 9002 quality
certification.

Through use of state-of-the-art technology and strong thrust on

research and development, Ambuja Cement has developed products
to cater to its three customer segments – Individual House Builders,
Masons and Contractors, and Professionals.
Ambuja Compocem
At Ambuja we’ve always looked to create the strongest cement, with
the lightest carbon footprint. By creating an innovative product line,
Ambuja is bringing sustainability to people’s homes.
In February 2017, Ambuja became the first cement company in India
to launch Portland Composite Cement (PCC). The uniqueness of this
product was a formula that contained an optimum combination of fly
ash and slag – both waste products. This allowed the substitution of
natural materials. It was the result of over 18 months of R&D on
cement quality. Yet it began with a challenge, to create a unique
cement that was lighter in colour without compromising on strength.
And the result was a premium product, Compocem, that was
successfully launched in the eastern markets of India.
Ambuja Buildcem
Ambuja developed an innovative way of using fly ash to produce high
strength Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC) and branded it as Ambuja
Buildcem which helps in building strong and durable structures.

Pozzolana such as fly ash is essentially a siliceous material which

while in itself possessing little or no cementitious properties, will in
finely divided form and in the presence of water, react with calcium
hydroxide at ambient temperature to form compounds possessing
cementitious properties. Ambuja Buildcem meets all applicable
Chemical & Physical requirements as per the IS specification - IS
1489: Product Benefits:
1.Minimum Compressive strength at 28 days is more than 53 MPa –
Economical Construction
 
2.Dense micro structure (High Strength)
 
3.Consistent Quality
 
4.Improved Workability
 
5.High long term Strength
 
6.High chemical resistance (sea water, chloride diffusion, sulphate
attack, etc.)
 
7.Low Permeability (Durable Construction)
 
8.Improved Pumpability and Compactability
 
9.Lower heat of hydration
 
10.Sustainable
- Conservation of natural resources
- Less CO2 production
- Reduction of waste by consumption of fly ash
11.Reduces bleeding and segregation
Uses:
 Roads & bridges
 Marine & Hydraulic construction

 Multi-storied buildings, Residential, Commercial,

Institutional, industrial buildings

 Metro rail construction

 Massive structure as dams, thick foundation etc.

 Pre-cast
 Sewers and sewage disposal works, masonry mortars
and grouts

 Plastering

 Flooring

 Repairs & renovation