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With India capacity past 200 mtpa, UltraTech is world’s largest cement-maker outside China
- IBJ Bureau
- Apr 18, 2026
UltraTech has surpassed 200 mtpa of installed cement manufacturing capacity in India.
The Aditya Birla Group’s flagship company reached this milestone recently after commissioned three new grinding units, one each in Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Patratu (Jharkhand) and Vizag (Andhra Pradesh), adding a combined 8.7 mtpa.
This propels UltraTech’s India capacity to 200.1 mtpa. The company has a global production capacity of 5.4 mtpa with operations across the UAE, Bahrain and Sri Lanka.
UltraTech’s total production capacity is 205.5 mtpa, making it the world’s largest cement producer outside China.
“This scale is unprecedented. No other company in any sector in India has ever reached this capacity milestone,” UltraTech Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birlahas said. He adds: “It places UltraTech as the largest cement company in the world, outside of China. Today, UltraTech’s cement capacity is almost twice that of the United States and greater than the entire cement capacity of the European Union.”
Of the 200 mt, about 110 mt have been built through greenfield and brownfield expansions, and the remaining 90 mt through a series of acquisitions over the years. “We started with a bang with the L&T cement acquisition and never looked back, as Jaypee, Binani, Century, Kesoram and most recently India Cements joined the UltraTech fold,” Mr Birla notes.
The swift execution underscores UltraTech’s growth trajectory. It took 36 years to hit 100 mtpa in 2019, but just under seven more to double that.
These units strategically bolster supply chains in North India’s construction boom, Jharkhand’s industrial hub and Andhra Pradesh’s urbanising coast.
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