Two cement grinding units by Zuari Cement will be set up in Solapur area of Maharashtra. Zuari Cement is an Italcementi group company. The two units will come up at at Auj (Aherwadi) and Shingadgaon villages. Each unit will have a production capacity of one million tonne a year and is expected to be operational by the second quarter of 2015.
Zuari Cement has a total cement manufacturing capacity of 6.2 million tonne in India, which includes two manufacturing units at Sitapuram and Yerraguntla, along with a grinding centre at Chennai.
In north Karnataka, Zuari Cement is developing a project of 3 mt a year plant.