In 1994 Bestway Group started started work on the cement plant in the under developed area of Hattar, Haripur in the North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. This was an initial investment of US$120 million. The contract for the supply of main plant was signed with Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan in June 1995. The suppliers sub contracted some of the equipment to other international manufacturers, namely the crushers to FAM of Germany, Cement mill to Fuller of USA and electrical and instrumentation to ABB of Switzerland and Siemens of Germany. Civil works started in January 1996 and the Kiln was fired in April 1998, which is a record in itself.
Bestway Cement Chakwal-II
In May 2006 the Group announced plans for the establishment of a second 1.8 million tonnes per annum capacity plant adjacent to our existing operations in Chakwal at a cost of US$180.0 million. This would be Bestway’s third Greenfield cement plant in Pakistan. This would be an identical plant to the existing Line-1, having 1.8 million tonnes capacity.
By the end of the first quarter of 2008, through these investments, the Group’s cement manufacturing capacity is set to exceed 6.0 million tonnes per annum, making Bestway the second largest cement producer in the country.
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