Incorporation of the company
Commissioning of First Cement plant at Sankarnagar (capacity 1 lakh tonnes per annum)
Commissioning of Second Cement Plant at Sankari (capacity 2 lakh tonnes per annum)
Expansion of Sankarnagar plant capacity to 9 lakh tonnes per annum
Award of Merit Certification for Outstanding Export Performance (1968-1969)
Expansion of Sankari plant capacity to 6 lakh tonnes per annum
Acquisition of Coromandel Cement plant at Cuddapah. India Cements becomes the largest producer of Cement in South India with an installed capacity of 2.6 million tonnes per annum
Conversion to Dry Process of Sankarnagar plant with increased capacity of 1.00 million tonnes per annum
Setting up of a Shipping Division
Receipt of ISO 9002 Certification for Sankarnagar plant
Successful flotation of US$ 50 million GDR issue
Announcement of Bonus shares in the ratio of 1:1
Commencement of production of the green field cement plant at Dalavoi (Tamilnadu) with an installed capacity 0.9 million tonnes per annum
Acquisition of Aruna Sugars Finance Ltd. Rechristened as India Cements Capital & Finance Ltd.
Acquisition of control of Visaka Cement Industry at Tandur (Andhra Pradesh) at project stage with a potential installed capacity of 0.9 million tonnes
Acquisition of Yerraguntla Cement Plant (Andhra Pradesh) of Cement Corporation of India with an installed capacity of 0.4 million tonnes
Acquisition of Raasi Cement (Andhra Pradesh) with an installed capacity of 1.8 million tonnes
Acquisition of cement plant of Shri Vishnu Cement (Andhra Pradesh) with an installed capacity of 1.0 million tonnes
Scaling of Rs.1000 crore mark in turnover
Divesting of stake in Sri Vishnu Cement Limited
Commissioning of Waste Heat Recovery System for generation of 7.7 mw power from waste gas Vishnupuram plant
Commissioning of a gas-based captive power plant of 17.4 mw capacity at Ramanathapuram by Coromandel Electric Co., Company’s associate
Successful flotation of US $ 110.72 million
Issue of Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds
Conversion of Sankari plant into dry process from wet process
Qualified Institutional Placement for Rs.5925 million
Revival of shipping business
Successful bid for the Chennai franchise of IPL 20/20 Cricket Tournament – “Chennai Super Kings”
Commencement of production of grinding unit of one million tonne capacity near Chennai, in Vallur, Tamilnadu
Commencement of production of grinding unit of one million tonne capacity in Parli, Maharashtra
Commissioning of ready mix concrete plant of one lakh Cu.M capacity at Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) and the II line of 1.2 MT at Malkapur (Andhra Pradesh)
Commissioning of the upgraded kiln to 3000 tonnes per day (against the earlier 1700 tpd.)
Acquisition of Indo-Zinc Ltd., by picking up 60.89% equity stake by the company’s subsidiary
Shifting of Corporate office to own building “Coromandel Towers” at 93, Santhome High Road, Karpagam Avenue, MRC Nagar, Chennai 600 028
Qualified Institutional Placement of Rs.2956 million
Champions of IPL III Trophy
India Cements picks up almost the entire stake in Coromandel Minerals Pvt. Limited (CMPL), Singapore, making CMPL a subsidiary
Upgradation of Chilamkur plant to 4500 tonnes per day
Chennai Super Kings wins Champions League T20 tournament
Commencement of commercial production by Trinetra Cement (formerly Indo Zinc), the company’s subsidiary, of its 1.5 million tonnes cement plant in Banswara District, Rajasthan
Receipt of IS/ISO 9001:2008 Certification by Dalavoi Plant
Redemption of all the outstanding Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds of US$75 Million
Chennai Super Kings Wins IPL IV Trophy
Celebration of birth centenary of founder Sri T.S.Narayanaswami
Receipt of ISO 9001:2008 Certification by Sankari Plant
Commissioning of captive power plant of 48 mw capacity by Sankarnagar
Receipt of ISO 9001:2008 Certification by Yerraguntla plant
Acquisition of third bulk carrier by the shipping division
Release of the Indian Postal Department's, Commemorative Postage Stamp on the Birth Centenary of Sri T.S.Narayanaswami
Arrival of the first shipment of 41,960 metric tonnes of Coal from own mines in Indonesia
During the year, the 50 M W power plant at Vishnupuram in Telangana, commissioned in two phases, stabilised operations.
The Company’s Cricket Franchise “Chennai Super Kings” won the Trophy at Champions League T20 Tournament concluded in Bangalore on 4.10.2014.
IS\ISO 14001:2004 Certification by BIS, Chennai, for the Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems for Sankari Plant
IS 18001:2007 Certification by BIS, Chennai, for the Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems for Sankari Plant.
IS\ISO 9001:2008 Certification by BIS, Chennai, for the Quality Management Systems for Malkapur Plant.
IS\ISO 18001:2007 Certification by BIS, Chennai for the Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems for Dalavoi Plant
Merit Certificate for Dalavoi Plant for adopting the best practices from Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health, TN Government and Confederation of Indian Industry
IS 18001:2007 Certification by BIS for the Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems for Malkapur Plant
ISO 14001:2004 Certification by BIS for Environment Management System for Malkapur and Yerraguntla Plants
ISO 9001: 2008 Certification by BIS for Quality Management Systems for Chennai Grinding Unit and Chilamkur Plant
IS\ISO 14001:2015 Certification for Environment Management Systems, IS\ISO 9001: 2015 Certification for Quality Management System and IS 18001:2007 Certification for Occupational Health Management System for Banswara Plant
Best Management Award from AP Government for Chilamkur Plant for congenial and cordial industrial relations and for the extraordinary efforts for the welfare of labour and CSR activities
A Special Coffee Table Book released on 28.12.2018 to celebrate the seven decades of growth Journey of Company and 50 years of proud association of Vice-Chairman & Managing Director with Company
ISO 50001 Certification for Energy Management System for Banswara Plant
IS/ISO 45001:2018 Certification by BIS for Occupational Health and Safety System for Dalavoi Plant
Certificate of Merit awarded by the Ministry of Labour & Employment,Coimbatore for Sankari Plant for implementing change management effectively.
BIS Licence for the Quality Management System Certification in accordance with IS\ISO:2015 for Sankarnagar Plant
BIS Licence for the Quality Management Systems Certification in accordance with ISO 9001:2015 for Parli Grinding Unit