Votorantim Cimentos inaugurated today a new plant in Imbituba, Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. The plant will add 1.1 million tons of cement per year to the regional market. The unit received an investment of $ 90 million and generated 450 direct and indirect jobs during its construction.
In a statement, the company says it also started operating a new plant in Ramos Vidal, in Alto Vale do Itajaí. Besides the two new units, the company also has a factory in the city of Itajaí, Santa Catarina, which produces 500 000 tons of cement per year.
"Now, Votorantim Cimentos has capacity to produce 2.4 million tons of cement per year in Santa Catarina. With this, the state is no longer importing cement and now exports to other markets in the South ", says Walter Schalka, president of the company.
The new plants are part of the expansion plan that envisages investment of $ 5 billion between 2007 and 2013. The plants have received a total investment of 440 million reais.
Votorantim Cimentos's goal is to increase its current production capacity to 42 million tonnes per year by 2013, with a total of 35 cement factories in the country.
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