Havers to invest Rs 50 cr in cement packaging unit

Addressing a press conference managing director of the HII Wilhelm Dyckerhoff said, "the parent company will invest around Rs 20 crore to set up assembly unit at Vadodara in Gujarat". 

Each machine would have a capacity to package 6,000 bags per hour as compared to 2,000-2,500 bags packed per hour by conventional machines used by Indian cement firms, he said adding it would assemble 12 machines in the first year.

Around 8,000 tonnes of cement is wasted annually while packing, considering 330 working days with each day having two 10-hour shifts," he said referring to the average production cycle of cement plants in India.

He also claimed, the maintenance cost of HII's machines will be 30 per cent lower than conventional machines.