Wonder Cement is an Indian

cement A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel ( aggregate) together. Cement mix ...

producing company that is based out of

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

. It was started in 2010 under RK Group. It manufactures Portland

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and ordinary

Portland cement Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general use around the world as a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco, and non-specialty grout. It was developed from other types of hydraulic lime in England in the early 19th c ...

for plaster, brickwork, and other construction applications.

Plants

In 2012, the company set up its first unit in

Nimbahera Nimbahera is a town and a municipality in Chittorgarh district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located around 32 km from Chittorgarh city, south-west of the state capital, Jaipur. Nimbahera is connected through both rail and road; ...

, Rajasthan, with thirty

lakh A lakh (; abbreviated L; sometimes written lac) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000; scientific notation: 105). In the Indian 2,2,3 convention of digit grouping, it is written as 1,00,000. For ex ...

tonnes per annum. In 2015, Wonder Cement added another unit taking its annual cement production to 67.5 lakh tonnes. In 2018, the company invested ₹450

crore A crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 107 in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. It is written as 1,00,00,000 with the local 2,2,3 style of digit group separators (one lakh is e ...

to set up a 20 lakh (2 million) tonne per annum clinker grinding unit in

Dhule Dhule is a city located in the Dhule District in the northwestern part of Maharashtra state, India known as West Khandesh. Situated on the banks of Panzara River, Dhule is the regional headquarters of MIDC, RTO, and MTDC. The city is mainly kn ...

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. In 2019, Wonder Cement invested ₹1,100 crore to build a third plant at Nimbahera in Rajasthan's

Chittorgarh Chittorgarh (also Chittor or Chittaurgarh) is a major city in Rajasthan state of western India. It lies on the Berach River, a tributary of the Banas, and is the administrative headquarters of Chittorgarh District. It was a major stronghol ...

district, increasing its annual capacity of producing close to 1.1 crore (11 million) tonnes of cement. In 2020, Wonder Cement invested ₹800 crore to set up cement plants in

Badnawar Badnawar (or Badnavar) is a Town, former pargana and a Nagar Parishad of the Dhar district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. This is a tehsil place having 170 villages. Badnawar is around 95 km from Indore - the business capital of Madhya P ...

and

Jhajjar Jhajjar is a town in Jhajjar district in the Indian state of Haryana. The city is situated on the road connecting Rewari to Rohtak (NH-352), Loharu to Meerut (NH334B), Charkhi Dadri to Delhi and Gurgaon to Bhiwani. Jhajjar is located west o ...

which increased the annual capacity to 1.3 crore (13 million) tonnes of cement.

Awards and recognition

Wonder Cement was recognised as Asia's Most Promising Brand 2018, in the cement category by 360 WCRCINT research.

References

External links

*{{Official website, https://www.wondercement.com/ Cement companies of India Companies based in Rajasthan Organisations based in Udaipur Manufacturing companies established in 2010 Indian companies established in 2010