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5ln Saraburl Bangkok la one ol the World's two largeEt productlon llnes ln operaStam Ctty Cementb kiln
Noftn
ol
tlon todaY.
World's largest cement plants built in Thailand by F.L. Smidth & GoF.L Smidth & Co. delivered Thailands first cement factory with a rotary kiln in 1915. Today, the total capacity of the industry stands at 34 mill. tons of cement per year. Two third of it is produced on plants supplied bY F.L Smidth & Co. Cement manufacturers in
two of its
Thailand have for manYYears been setting the trend within the World of cement Produc-
M ega-Planls with a production caPacities of 7.5O0 and 10.O00 tons Per
Year
day respectivelY.
ordered
Customer
1994
A@
tion, and the Danish com-
pany, F.L. Smidth & Co., the
worlds biggest suPPlier of cement manufacturing equiPment has played a maior role In thls develoPment.
The world's two largest
cement plants were started up in 1992, each with a capacity of 10.O0Otons Per daY,
with F.L. Smidth & Go. as supplier of the kiln sYstems. ln fact, for several decades, each and every cement plant in Thailand was supplied by F.L. Smidth & Co.
In todaY's comPetitive
world other manufacturers have entered the market. Still, around two thirds of Thailand's total annual Production capacitY of 34 mill' tons of cement Per Year is
manufactured on equiPment delivered bY F.L. Smidth & Co. At the Present, the company is supPlYingYet another 8
It all started in 1913, when Siam Gement was established on the initiative of King Vaiirawdh. When looking for the necessary machinery, not
only F.L. Smidth & Co. was asked to bid. Also companies from Britain and Germany were invited,
but F.L. Smidth's bid was accepted as it offered the
best option for future expansions.
UnfortunatelY, when the World War I broke out, the F.L. Smidth equipment
F.L. Smldth klln sYstems
sccc
1992
scc
1990
s@ sccc
Tons per day
7.5001
lo.Oqt
The
*)
1O.OOO World's
1O.OO0 largest 5.500
s@ sccc
5.500
1984
sccc
5.5OO World's
1980
S@
4.000
1978
sc@ scc
SCC:
the day, when a newset of
SCCC:
Siiam Cement Public Co.' Ltd Siiam CiV Cement Public Co.' Ltd.
ACC: Asia Cement Co., Ltd machinery was sent off ) under erection from Denmark, lhe first shipment was released. Suddenly the owner of demand grew and in 1922' equipment for two cement when a new line was added, factories Siam Cement, however, wisely decided simPlY to keep it. As exPecled the
ln
1913.
those early daYs. Newcom' panies have been added to the list of cement manufac'
turers and exPerienced
5.500
largest
got stuck in .the Pofi of Antwerp and exactlY on
Rlln dellvered to
5.500
A@ 1989
first
Thailand
they already had the machinery at hand. A lot has haPPened since
rapid growth: Siam CitY Gc. ment Public Co. Ltd. (1 969)' TPI Polene Pubtic Co. Ltd,
(1984, Asia Cement Co. Ltd. (1989) and JalaPrr.
than Gement Public Go. Ltd.
(1956) iust to mention thr largest.
Nowhere else in thr
World has a similar exPan' sion of the cement industry taken place and it seems as if the Thai cement manu' facturers will continue on thlg track in the future in order to serve the booming Thai bulld' ing industry. Gregers Moller