Hi-Bond Cement (India), a Rajkot-based Kishan group company is setting up a 0.9 mt cement plant in Village Patidad, Taluka Gondal on National Highway – 8B, about 50 km from Rajkot. The plant is likely to be commissioned by the end September. This plant is expected to generate substantial employment in the region directly and indirectly. The plant features latest technology with six stages pre-heater and is equipped with all latest controls and systems supplied by globally renowned cement plant manufacturer FL Smith, Denmark. The plant will have automatic SMS system which will prompt the maintenance department to acknowledge the problem immediately. The fully integrated production plant built on a sprawling 2,60,000 sq mt of land, proposes to use only imported coal with low sulphur content. The promoters plan to double the capacity within three years and would also diversify into ready-mix business in near future.