Leading building solutions provider Holcim Philippines, Inc. is investing Php 210 million in projects to reduce the fuel consumption and increase mineral additive usage of its cement plants in Bacnotan, La Union and Lugait, Misamis Oriental, as part of efforts to raise business and sustainability performance.
Horia Adrian, President and CEO of Holcim Philippines, said the projects are part of the company’s commitment to continuously invest in its facilities to support the country’s progress and better serve customers. Furthermore, the projects will contribute to the company’s goal of making operations more sustainable.
“More efficient operations will help us deliver better financial results and improve our environmental footprint. We look to continue implementing these improvements to meet our objectives of delivering greater value to our shareholders and business partners while becoming better stewards of the environment,” he said.
Holcim Philippines held a ceremonial signing ceremony on July 7, 2021 to award the contract to Sinoma CBMIPH Construction Corp. for installing a drying facility in La Union. The project will significantly reduce the fuel consumption of the La Union plant by reusing hot gases from operations to dry materials instead of a separate equipment.
The project comes as Holcim Philippines’ La Union plant was awarded an ISO 45001:2018 for Occupational Health and Safety Management System and recertified for ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management System) and ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management System) by certification body TUV Rheinland.
Holcim Philippines also tapped Sinoma CBMIPH to install a drying facility at its Misamis Oriental plant that will reduce moisture of raw materials to improve grinding operations. This will enable the Misamis Oriental plant to increase mineral additives to reduce carbon footprint and save natural resources in making cement.
The La Union and Misamis Oriental projects are scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2022 and the end of October 2021, respectively. Sinoma CBMIPH is the local unit of China- based Sinoma CBMI, which has participated in a number cement plant projects all over the world.
In January, Holcim Philippines also started projects worth Php121.5 million to raise the efficiency of converting qualified waste materials to alternative fuels of its cement plant in Norzagaray, Bulacan. These will enable its Geocycle unit to support the Bulacan plant in using more qualified post-consumer and municipal solid wastes as alternative fuels instead of coal.
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Holcim Philippines, Inc. (Philippine Stock Exchange: HLCM) is one of the leading building solution companies in the country. The Company has a deep portfolio of innovative solutions fostered by a full range of products from structuring to finishing applications that can help local builders execute with high performance and efficiency a wide range of projects from massive infrastructure to simple home repairs.
With cementmanufacturing facilities in La Union, Bulacan, Batangas, Misamis Oriental and Davao, as well as aggregates and dry mix business and technical supportfacilities for buildingsolutions, Holcim Philippines is a reliable partner of builders in the country.
Holcim Philippines is also committedto the highest standards of sustainable operations and manufacturing excellence with its plants certified under ISO 14001:2004 (Environmental Management System), ISO 9001:2008 (Quality Management System) and OHSAS 45001:2018 (Occupational Health and Safety Management System).
Holcim Philippines is a member of the Holcim Group, the world leader in the building materials industry present in 80 countries with over 75,000 employees.
Holcim exists to build progress for people and the planet. As a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Holcim is enabling greener cities, smarter infrastructure and improving living standards around the world. With sustainability at the core of its strategy Holcim is becoming a net zero company, with its people and communities at the heart of its success. The company is driving the circular economy as a world leader in recycling to build more with less. Holcim is the company behind some of the world’s most trusted brands in the building sector including ACC, Aggregate Industries, Ambuja Cement, Disensa, Firestone Building Products, Geocycle, Holcim and Lafarge. Holcim is 70,000 people passionate about building progress for people and the planet across its 70 markets and four business segments: Cement, Ready-Mix Concrete, Aggregates and Solutions & Products.
