Companies offering wide range of products, equipments and services provide crucial support to cement companies to keep them goingAwide array of products and equipments are in use in the cement industry. The comprehensive range of products and equipments are utilized in various applications such as automation, fabrication, pulverisation, engineering, etc. There is a range of process instrumentation, weighers and analytical devices offered by companies to cover electrical, automation, drive and instrumentation systems. Cement companies need blowers for application during the manufacturing process. There are a wide range of blowers available in the market, including twin lobe rotary air blowers, water cooled blowers, gas blowers, etc. Magnetic stirrers, overhead stirrers, dispersers, shakers, mills, rotary evaporator, calorimeters, laboratory reactors and incubating shakers make up the some of the cement plant’s laboratory and analytical equipment’s portfolio. The process technology section offers solutions for production scale stirring, mixing and kneading applications.Then there are concrete product equipments which are used for manufacturing of concrete products and plants to mixing and batching to automatic cubing and palletizing. Companies also offer flexible packaging machinery for production of packaging of cement. The emissions from a cement plant can cause serious environmental damage, hence filter bags are an essential imperative for sustainability. Filter bags and cages are essential in a cement plant and today these are easily available in India.A wide range of equipments for silo extraction systems and packing/loading plant, e.g. manual cut off gate, pneumatic cut off gate, flow control gate, air slides, fluid slides, roto packing machine, loading machines, belt weigh scale, solid flow meter, truck loading machine, bulk loading spout, belt conveyors are used in cement industry. Today, all these equipments are available in India.Cement plants also need geared motors and pumps for various purposes and a wide range of products, including geared motors, motors, frequency inverters; providing optimal drives solutions are available for the customers. Companies also offer energy saving solutions through the combination of energy-optimised motors and high efficiency gear units as well as inverters with energy saving functions. In the following pages, we give the profiles and contact details of manufacturers of equipments and products required by the cement companies.BASF India1st Floor, VIBGYOR Towers, Plot No. C – 62, ‘G’ Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai – 400 051Phone: +91 22 6661 8000 Fax: +91 22 6758 2753Prasad Chandran, Chairman & MDBASF in India manufactures dispersions and specialty chemicals, construction chemicals, etc. The company also markets a wide range of intermediates, catalysts and other chemicals. BASF has identified India as one of its major growth markets. BASF in India has over 2070 employees, 9 production sites as well as two R&D centres.Caterpillar IndiaInternational Tech Park, 7th Floor, Taramani, ChennaiTel.: 044-42691001Ajay Shankar, Managing DirectorCaterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. The company also is a leading services provider through Caterpillar Financial Services, Caterpillar Remanufacturing Services, Caterpillar Logistics Services and Progress Rail Services. In 2011, nearly 30 percent of Caterpillar sales were generated from the Asia Pacific.Everest Blowers424, Modern Industrial Estate, Phase-1, Bahadurgarh-124507TeleFax: 91-1276-267582, 268238, 268442 www.everestblowers.comYash Pal Kapur, Managing DirectorEverest started manufacturing twin lobe rotary air blowers in 1980. Manufacturers of water treatment plants, effluent treatment plants, cement plants, etc. have been doing business with the company. Everest’s broad product line of air blowers, water cooled blowers, gas blowers, vacuum booster pumps, acoustic hoods and enclosures are available in standard and custom modelsGrundfos Pumps India118 Old Mahabalipuram Road, Thoraipakkam, Chennai 600 097.Tel: 044- 2496 6800 www.in.grundfos.comN K Ranganath, Managing DirectorThe Indian operation of Grundfos started in 1998. The Chennai facility houses the production, warehouse, service, training centre and offices. Its design embodies all the values of Grundfos as a company when it comes to energy and environment. The manufacturing facility in Chennai was set up to assemble reliable energy efficient pumps to save the energy costs to the customer and the country and reduce their impact on the environment.IKA Group814/475, Survey No.129/1, Mysore Road, Kengeri Bangalore 560060,Tel: 080-2625 3900/3999 www.ika.inMrs NandiniThe IKA Group is a global market leader for laboratory equipment, analytical and process technology Magnetic stirrers, overhead stirrers, dispersers, shakers, mills, rotary evaporator, calorimeters, etc. make up the laboratory and analytical equipment’s portfolio. The process technology section offers solutions for production scale stirring, mixing and kneading applications. The company is headquartered in Staufen, Germany with subsidiaries in USA, China, India, etc. In 2010, the company employed 650 people and reported sales of 85.5 million euro (113.5 million US dollar).Industrial Filters & FabricRing Road Square, Musakheri, Indore – 452 001 (M.P).Tel: 0731- 422 1234, 422 3000 www.iffgroup.comPradeep Maheshwari, Chairman & MDPradeep Maheshwari started off with a trading company in the year 1972 and got into manufacturing of filter bag used for in the year 1985 and incorporated the company Industrial Filters and Fabric (IFF). Today IFF stands as the largest in filter bag and cage manufacturing service provider in Asia. IFF provides quick quotes, rapid lead-time, jet delivery and the quality filter products in the industry. Headquartered in Indore, the company has its office in Mumbai and Hyderabad.Intensiv Filter IndiaA-30, 2nd Floor, Satyam Arcade, Pune- Nagar Road, Wadgaon Sheri, Near Ramwadi Octroi Post, Pune – 411 014Tel: 020-2663 4466 www.intensiv-filter.comRavindra Vithal Phadke, Managing DirectorIntensiv-Filter, founded in 1922, is known as reliable dust remover in the industry. The company is a specialist in filtering installations in the international markets and offers its services to new installations and to conversions in various business areas. The organisation caters in various areas like cement, engineering, glass, energy etc and is renowned for its eco- friendly installations. With Intensiv-Filter filtering installations, dust emissions can be lowered by more than 99 per cent. Headquartered in Germany, the company has its offices in India, Brazil, France, Korea, etc.Laxmi EngineeringE-176, Mewar Industrial Area, Madri, Udaipur – 313 003Phone : 91-294-2490060, 2490735 Fax : 91-294-2491426 www.laxmiengineering.comD N Sharma PromoterLaxmi Engineering Works (LEW) is one of the leading manufacturer/fabricator of mini cement plants based on VSK technology 20 to 100 TDP, pulveriser, three and five roller mills, jaw crusher and all other engineering machines. LEW is appproved fabricator and turnkey contractor of NRDC, New Delhi. The company has full-fledged foundry, machining and fabrication shop with modern equipments. LEW has supplied number of mini cement plants all over the country.Mac Marketing Corporation

14A, Imperial Court, 33/1 Cunningham Road, Bangalore – 560 052Tel: 80-22200290M.K. Kumar, Managing DirectorMac Marketing Corporation (MMC) manufactures self lubricating bearings with a PTFE-filled over layer, a sintered bronze interlayer and a steel backing. These are light-weight and thin-walled and have been developed for application in high load and low speed operations. The company also offers a wide range of turn table bearings. They come in 4-point and 8-point contact ball types and with cross roller configurations, including wire race slewing ring.NORD Drivesystems,

Mauje Village Mann, Tal Mulshi, Adj. Hinjewadi Phase-II, 282/2, 283/2 Plot No. 15, Pune -411057.Tel: 020-3980 1200 www.nord.comP L Muthusekkar, Managing DirectorEstablished in the year 1999 at Hinjewadi in Pune to serve the customers in India and the SAARC countries, NORD Drivesystems is a 100% subsidiary of Getriebebau Nord (GBN). The product range includes geared motors, motors, frequency inverters; providing optimal drives solutions to our customers. NORD makes more than 30 million standard catalogue items and includes mechanical, electrical and electronic products in drivesystems. Client spreads include almost every industry such as steel and metals, infrastructure, cement, packaging, airports, pharma, etc.Novergy Energy Solutions1 Navlok Navratan Complex, Bedla Road, Udaipur 313001.Tel: 0294-2415487, 2450467 www.novergy.co.inAnand Damani, DirectorIncepted in the year 1997 and the company has catered to various prestigious clients in India as well as abroad. Offering a host of products like solar photovoltaic modules, wind turbines, solar power devices and hearts, the company has its offices in Udaipur, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Raipur and Pune. The products find use in both off-grid applications as well as grid-interactive applications.Power BuildAnand Sojitra Road, Vithal Udyognagar 388121, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat.Tel: 2692-231 070, 231 120, 231 170 www.pbl.co.inD M Patel, Whole Time DirectorPower Build is one of the largest manufacturers of geared motors and reducers in India since more than three decades. The company was established in the year 1972 at Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat. The products of the company are built with the most modern methodology called "Kit concept" and are dimensionally interchangeable with other major brands. The company now manufactures range aluminum worm geared motors built with enhanced efficiency levels.Proflex SystemsMB House, Stadium Road, Ahmedabad – 380 014, GujaratTel: 079-2640 5563 / 2640 5572 / 2646 1314.Chirag Patel, Managing DirectorProflex started its operation in India in the year 2002. The company comes under the flagship of MB Engineering promoted by the M&B Group. Proflex introduced self supported steel roofing in India and in just 10 years, the company has completed more than 3,000 projects in the country. The company has offices in Pune, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi and Hyderabad. The company has till date completed 50 lakh sq mt roofing.Siemens130, Pandurang Budhkar Marg, Worli, Mumbai 400 018. Tel: +91 22 3967 7000 Fax: +91 22 3967 7500 www.siemens.comDr. Armin Bruck, Managing DirectorSiemens offers a range of process instrumentation, weighers and analytical devices that are specifically matched to meet the demands of the cement industry. Solutions from Siemens cover electrical, automation, drive and instrumentation systems whereas multiple product ranges cater to all the factory needs: automation, CEMAT, drives, power generation and power distribution as well as building system engineering.SSAB IndiaUnit 101, 18/8 Saleh Centre Cunningham Road Bangalore 560052Mobile: +91 9972473473 Fax: +91 80 4123 1159 www.ssab.comSubhabrata Mukherjee, Regional Sales Manager – Automotive DocolSSAB is a leading producer of high strength steel. The company has a 6 million tonne capacity for crude steel. The company’s high strength steels amounts to 37 per cent of the total sales. SSAB has production plants in Sweden and the U.S.A. SSAB employs approximately 9000 persons in 45 countries. SSAB markets high strength steel under the trademarks Domex, Docol, Prelaq, Hardox, Weldox, Armox, and Toolox.