Sunday, February 8, 2009

History of CEMEX Cement (BD) Ltd.

1999
In November, 1999, CEMEX made its inception in Bangladesh
2000
Started sales and distribution activity in May 2000 by importing finished goods from Indonesia. Sales and distribution was limited at that time.
On April 2001, ground breaking ceremony of local plant and started construction of own manufacturing unit.
2001
On 21 April, 2001, started own manufacturing and started sales of own manufactured product instead of import of finished product.
2002
On 18 February, shifted to new head-office at Baridhara.
2004
New product launched in September, branded as "SHAKTI" along with Ordinary Portland Cement.

Safety & Environment in CEMEX Cement Bangladesh Plant

CEMEX Cement Bangladesh Ltd. has been highly committed to the preservation and protection of the environment. This commitment runs from building and maintaining our environmental friendly cement plant to countless environmental projects and initiative. Along with this, CEMEX provides considerable importance to safety ness of its employees. CEMEX Cement Bangladesh celebrated 380 days of No Loss Time Accident during its Safety Acknowledgement Day on August 21, 2004. This achievement is a continual effort of CEMEX Bangladesh's team effort, commitment and responsible attitude towards safe environment. CEMEX likes to go beyond this achievement and will give their best in environmental preservation and safety ness.

Quality Control in CEMEX Cement Bangladesh Plant

For almost 100 years, CEMEX International has been widely acclaimed for its quality all over the world. CEMEX Bangladesh is also committed to uphold that tradition. CEMEX cement always maintains highest possible quality, only the finest raw materials and most modern state of the art technology is used for the manufacturing of its products. It has its own quality control setup in the plan that is also world-class and every lot of production that leaves the factory is ensured maximum standard through extensive quality control mechanism.

CEMEX Cement Bangladesh Ltd.

CEMEX is represented in Bangladesh through CEMEX Cement Bangladesh Ltd. (CCBL). From year 2000, CEMEX have expanded its operations to Bangladesh. During earlier years it used to import cement from Indonesia and used to distribute only. No manufacturing facility was available.In 2001, CEMEX Cement Bangladesh set up of its own plant. Currently CCBL is dealing with two types of cement - CEMEX Ordinary Portland Cement and CEMEX Portland Composite Cement. CEMEX Cement Bangladesh has earned a well-reputed respect for its finest quality and service, exceeding customers' expectations.

CEMEX Cement Bangladesh Plant
In April 2001, CEMEX Cement Bangladesh Ltd. Completed setting up of its own plant in Mahmudnagar, Narayanganj Built with the most advanced state of the art European FLS Smith technology, the CEMEX plant has a production capacity of 600,000 MT per year. This is basically a grinding mill that imports the raw materials and manufactures the final product.