Ambuja Cements Limited

Ambuja Cements Limited, formerly known as Gujarat Ambuja Cement Limited is counted among the top notch cement companies of India. It was started in 1986 and with in 26 years became the leading cement producer of India. Company has head office in Mumbai and listed in both Bombay & National stock exchange.

Ambuja Cement is an well known brand in India for Portland Cement (OPC) and Pozzolana Portland Cement (PPC) that occupies a major share of Indian cement market. Presently Ambuja cement has production capacity is 27.25 million tons.

It has 5 cement manufacturing plants and eight grinding units throughout India. It is the first Indian company that opened its delivery centers near major port to reduce the delivery cost.

Holcim & Ambuja Cement Partnership

In 2006 Holcim the global cement manufacturing company acquired management control of Ambuja cement by acquiring huge stock share.Holcim is a Switzerland  based cement manufacturing company has footprints in major countries of the world. Company has string work force of 80,000 people in 70 countries.Company main businesses include manufacture and distribution of cement,  production, processing and distribution of aggregates, ready-mix concrete and asphalt.

Key people - Suresh Neotia (Founder, Chairman Emeritus), N. S. Sekhsaria (Co-Founder, Chairman), Ajay Kapur (Managing Director & CEO)

Products - Cement

Revenue - Increase - INR76378.1 million (US$1.2 billion)2010

Website- www.ambujacement.com