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UltraTech Cement, the flagship cement company of the Aditya Birla Group, has crossed a significant milestone by surpassing 200 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) in installed cement capacity in India. This follows the commissioning of three new grinding units with a combined capacity of 8.7 MTPA. With this expansion, UltraTech became the world’s largest cement manufacturer outside of China, further strengthening its leadership in the global cement industry.
The new operational grinding units are located in Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Patratu (Jharkhand), and Vizag (Andhra Pradesh). These locations were strategically chosen to enhance supply in key regions, including the rapidly growing construction corridor of North India, the industrial belt of Jharkhand, and the rapidly developing coastal region of Andhra Pradesh. Following this expansion, UltraTech’s domestic capacity now stands at 200.1 MTPA, while the combined global capacity has reached 205.5 MTPA, including 5.4 MTPA from overseas operations in the UAE, Bahrain, and Sri Lanka.
What matters is not only the scale of growth but also the pace. UltraTech took 36 years to achieve the first 100 MTPA milestone in 2019, but it added the next 100 MTPA in less than seven years. This rapid expansion underscores the strength of the company’s execution and the strong demand driven by India’s infrastructure and housing push.
Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group, said: “More than a decade ago, our Honorable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, expressed a clear vision through Make in India – a call to restore our country’s manufacturing ambition and elevate it on a global scale, as a driver of growth, employment, and self-reliance. competitiveness, to help anchor the story of infrastructure. of India The 200 MTPA milestone, also describes India’s place in the world, an India that has become comfortable with its size, its ambitions, its implementation, and its sense of self that India stands at a certain point, where the choices made in the next decade, is to shape the infrastructure for sustainability and sustainability positioned, to translate this moment of sustainable value for all stakeholders.”
KC Jhanwar, Managing Director, UltraTech Cement Limited, added that the company’s expansion was driven by a combination of organic growth and strategic acquisitions, which helped build a strong national manufacturing footprint that reached even remote regions. He also acknowledged the role of stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, employees, and the community, in achieving this milestone.
UltraTech has played a vital role in India’s infrastructure development. Its cement is used in one out of every three houses built in the country, two out of every five kilometers of NHAI’s concrete roads, and four out of every five kilometers of metro rail projects. It has also contributed to infrastructure developments such as the New Parliament Building, Mumbai Coastal Road, Dwarka Expressway, Navi Mumbai International Airport, Sonamarg Tunnel, and Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor.
Looking ahead, the company is not only focusing on expansion but also sustainability. UltraTech works to reduce carbon emissions per ton of cement, increase the use of alternative fuels, and adopt greener construction methods. The next phase of growth is already underway, with ongoing projects supported by a capital expenditure of over ₹16,000 crore, which will take its total capacity to over 240 MTPA in the coming years.
With scale, speed, and sustainability at its core, UltraTech is positioning itself to play a key role in India’s long-term infrastructure growth story.
