UltraTech assures quality cement with stringent quality checks
Thursday, 30 January 2014 00:00
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UltraTech customers can now be assured of high quality cement due to stringent quality checks that take place in different stages in the run-up to putting its end product out. This multi-point, multi-laboratory system in place at UltraTech Cement Lanka Ltd. ensures superior and consistent quality of cement marketed by the company in Sri Lanka.
Cement is a vital ingredient for the construction sector and its chemical and physical properties are crucial in deciding the overall quality and durability of construction. State-of-the-art in-house laboratory owned by UltraTech Cement Lanka Ltd is capable of conducting complete analyses about the physical and chemical status of cement that comes and goes out of the plant for quality standards.
This laboratory, which is the only laboratory of its kind, owned by a Sri Lankan bulk cement terminal company, checks samples on a regular basis to ensure consistency of the quality at different stages. As a result, ‘initial receipt testing’ and ‘receipt composite cement testing’ are carried out continuously on all the shipments that are reaching the plant on an on-going basis.
The laboratory facility is covered with important certifications such as Quality Management System (ISO 9001), Environmental Management System (ISO 14001) and OHSAS (18001) in addition to the product certification scheme granted by SLSI.
Apart from the regular quality checks done in-house, UltraTech does continuous laboratory tests with reputed national level institutions in Sri Lanka such as Industrial Testing Institute (ITI), Road Development Authority, National Building Research Laboratory and University of Peradenia etc for further verifications on quality.
UltraTech Cement is the largest cement manufacturer in India with an annual capacity of 54 million tonnes. It has 11 integrated plants, one white cement plant, one clinkeriation plant in the UAE, 15 grinding units and five terminals — four in India and one in Sri Lanka. Its parent company, the Aditya Birla Group, which was ranked as one of the ‘Best Employers’ in India in a recent survey conducted by Aon-Hewitter is, also, in the league of Fortune 500 companies. UtraTech started its commercial operations in Sri Lanka in 2000 and has, ever since, grown to become one of the leading companies in the market by winning the trust and the confidence of its customers. UltraTech Cement provides a range of products that cater to all the needs from laying the foundation to delivering the final touches.
The range includes Ordinary Portland Cement, Portland Blast Furnace Slag Cement, Portland Pozzalana Cement, White Cement, Ready Mix Concrete, building products and a host of other building solutions. In Sri Lanka, UltraTech Cement offers ordinary Portland cement as per SLS 107, 2008 and Portland Pozzolana Cement as per SLS 1247, 2008.
