The Tamil Nadu-based Ramco Cements is targeting to increase capacity to 20 million tonne by 2020 from the current 12.5 million tonne.
The company has invested Rs 3,500 crore in the capacity expansion of the existing plants and setting up new ones. Ramco Cements' new plant in Odisha will be commissioned in October 2019 and another in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh by March 2021.
The company currently has strong presence in southern and eastern parts of the country with plants in Tami Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and the proposed one in Odisha.