Ocl India Ltd Rajgangpur

OCL India Ltd Rajgangpur Sjt. Jaidayalji Dalmia, an industrialist of farsighted vision set up a cement plant at Rajgangpur during 1950 - 51 at the request of government of Odisha to manufacture super grade cement for use in the construction of Hirakud dam. The origin of OCL was seeded in the time that signaled India's independence. A dream unleashed. A blue print of growth was drawn. Endeavors to reconstruct economy set in. Indian industry woke up to the key challenge of self- reliance. Agriculture took a turn to modernity with construction of dams across the country. Against such a bubbling background Sjt. Jaidayalji Dalmia, an industrialist of farsighted vision set up a cement plant at Rajgangpur during 1950 - 51 at the request of government of Odisha to manufacture super grade cement for use in the construction of Hirakud dam. The plant that went on steam as Orissa cement limited during 1952 transformed itself into OCL India Limited during 1996 to better reflect its multifarious activities. From a modest 500 TPD capacity imported single wet process Kiln of FL Smidth make of Denmark, the house of 'Konark' brand cement has journeyed a long way. To cater the growing demand the company enhanced its installed capacity with addition of its second wet process 600 TPD kiln in 1957. Keeping a steady progress with time and technology, OCL has produced the first clinker through modernized and fully Automated dry process plant in 1988 and further enhanced its installed capacity by adding its 2nd clinkerization unit in 2009. In the early fifties OCL has installed four numbers of Ball mills of FL Smidth for cement grinding purpose. Later on, to keep pace with the technological advancement and facilitating manufacture of blended cement, three giant Vertical Roller Mills with combined and separate grinding systems were installed during the period of 1997 to 2005. To ensure easy availability and timely supply of cement to the customers in the coastal area of Odisha, a split level cement grinding unit Kapilas Cement Works was set up near Cuttack in 2008 . The urge to modernize and continuously upgrade technology has gone beyond the plant and transformed OCL's limestone mines into one of totally mechanized operations from the earlier system of manual mining. The drive for excellence through continuous technological up-gradation has resulted in many 'Firsts' for OCL. A few of them are, The first auto kiln control system based on fuzzy logic in India, The world's largest cement and slag grinding Vertical Roller Mill during 1997,The second such Cement Vertical Roller Mill during 2001, The third Cement Vertical Roller Mill again with 60% additional capacity and first in the world market in 2005. The target centric investments in R&D and application specific product development have both enabled OCL to enlarge and include in its product range various grades of Ordinary Portland Cement(OPC) like 43 and 53 grades; 53S Grade cement for use in the manufacture of railway sleepers; Portland Slag Cement (PSC); Fly Ash based Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC), Sulphate Resisting Portland Cement (SRPC); Masonry Cement. For a brief spell OCL also ventured into manufacture of a wide range of cement allied products including spun pipes etc., in early sixties of the last millennium and became a prime source of high strength reinforced spun pipes and pre-stressed concrete poles. It was the first manufacturer of pre-stressed concrete railway sleepers. Decades later, the company still reigns supreme as a supplier of railway sleeper grade cement in India.