Ready-Mixed Concrete

Ready-mixed concrete is one of the main businesses of RMC Readymix

(India) (A Division of Prism Cement Limited). Beginning with 1996 by setting
up the first plant in Mumbai, the Company expanded its network of state-of-
the-art concrete batching and mixing plants to more than 50 locations in the
country. The Company produces and supplies tailor-made concretes to suit
differing customer needs.

 Modern Plant & Equipment

For producing quality concrete RMC Readymix (India) employs sophisticated plant and equipment. The salient features
of the typical plant set-up of RMC Readymix (India) include:
 Fully automated plant with computerised control on the entire
production process
 Load-cell based weigh batchers for input materials
 Power mixers for efficient mixing
 Separate water-tight silos for cement, fly ahs/blast-furnace slag and
independent bins for the storage of different sizes of fine and coarse
aggregates
 A large fleet of well-maintained transit mixers.
    

The above-mentioned tools would ensure that quality concrete would be available to customers.

 Customer Benefits

Being a customer-centric organization, RMC Readymix (India) carefully looks into the exact needs of its customers,
innovatively designs concrete mixes and optimizes mixture proportions that satisfy not only the given technical
requirements but are also cost-effective, thus benefiting the customers.
Customers are also benefited from the expertise in concrete technology that is possessed by the Company professionals.

The Company provides substantial emphasis and attaches high priority on providing products of uniform quality on a
consistent basis to all its customers. The modus operandi of this process is explained under the Heading QA & QC
Practices.

 In-depth expertise

Over years, RMC Readymix (India) has developed an in-depth expertise in the sphere of concrete technology and has
pioneered many new products in the country. These include:
  Temperature-Controlled Concrete.
  Colored Concrete
  Fiber-Reinforced Concrete
  High Density Concrete.

In the recent past, demand of some leading customers of the Company in certain markets has shifted from routine
concrete mixes to concretes of higher grades and having special performance characteristics. RMC Readymix (India)
possesses adequate expertise to produce and deliver such concretes. After conducting extensive laboratory and field
trials the Company has developed and produced the following special concretes:

   High strength
concretes
(HSC)
Self-compacting concrete produced in one of the plants of the Company being placed in
position
  (HVFAC)
 Self
    compacting
concrete
(SCC).

Concrete grades of M50, M60, and M70 are now being produced satisfactorily from some of the Company’s plants. In
addition, the Company has successfully demonstrated its capability of producing high-performance concretes with
differing performance characteristics such as high-early strength, high flowability, stringent durability characteristics
satisfying the specified water and chloride permeability properties, etc.
At some locations, the Company has produced and delivered high-volume fly ash concrete (HVFAC), having around 50%
replacement of ordinary Portland cement by fly ash. Further, the latest development in concrete technology, i.e. self-
compacting concrete, has also been mastered by the Company’s technologists.

Aggregate

Besides producing ready-mixed concrete, RMC Readymix (India) also ventured in to Aggregates Quarrying and
Processing business. With a modest beginning made in October 2000, the Company has established a total of mix
aggregate crushing and processing facilities. All these facilities not only cater to the demand of the growing ready-mixed
concrete business of the Company but also to the aggregate needs of a number of construction firms and contractors.

 The Company produces different sizes of aggregate to suit the

demands of the market. The products can be grouped in the following
categories:
 Aggregates for concrete in various sizes
 Aggregates for wet mix macadam (WMM)
 Aggregates for GSB

For producing quality products, RMC Readymix (India) employs state-of-the-art crushing and processing technology.
Depending upon the parent rock and the market requirements, a combination of different types of crushers are employed.
The hi-tech crushing and processing plants are procured from world-renowned manufactures. The Company ensures that
the systems in operation are the best in the business, capable of producing the right quality materials in the most cost-
effective manner. Besides, the Company employs trained staff having vast experience in handling these equipments and
producing quality products. It applies stringent process control norms to ensure that quality products are delivered to
customers.