Birla Corporation’s wholly-owned subsidiary -- RCCPL has commissioned the third line of production at its Kundanganj unit in Uttar Pradesh, scaling up production capacity by 1.4 million tons (mt). Post this expansion, Birla Corporation’s consolidated production capacity stands at 21.4 mt, and, as announced by the Company earlier, it is to be further expanded to 27.6 mt by 2028-29. The estimated cost of the Kundanganj expansion is around Rs 300 crore.

The 1.4-mt increase in grinding capacity is expected to create close to 1,00,000 direct and indirect jobs as well as strengthen Birla Corporation’s competitiveness in its core markets in central and eastern Uttar Pradesh. Additional clinker is to be sourced from the company’s integrated units at Satna, Chanderia and Mukutban. 

Birla Corporation is also looking to make significant contribution to the Union Government’s drive to promote housing through the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) and other similar schemes. At Kundanganj, the company has invested in state-of-the-art technology to maximize consumption of fly ash to produce Portland Pozzolana Cement or PPC. Birla Corporation has, on a sustained basis, pushed growth in sales of blended cement or PPC.

Birla Corporation is primarily engaged in the manufacturing of cement as its core business activity. It has significant presence in the jute goods industry as well.