TN CM launches TANCEM’s ‘Valimai’ cement brand
The Hindu
The brand, which is being introduced a few months after complaints that a rise in cost of construction materials has hit construction activities in the State, is aimed at bringing down prices
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday launched ‘Valimai’ -- a new cement brand from Tamil Nadu Cements Corporation Limited (TANCEM), a State government undertaking. The two varieties of the Valimai cement brand are priced at ₹350 and ₹365 a bag, Industries Minister Thangam Thennarasu said.
An official release said that the new cement brand had greater compression strength and quick setting, and was also heat resistant. Industries Minister Thangam Thennarasu, Industries Secretary S. Krishnan, Tamil Nadu Cements Corporation Limited (TANCEM) Managing Director Anil Meshram and senior officials were present when Mr. Stalin launched the new cement brand.