Gultekin Akyusek, general coordinator of Limak Cement Group, said that the company would build three cement plants this year.

The new plants which will have a total production capacity of 4.5Mta, will be built in the Marmara, Aegean and Central Anatolia regions.

Limak will also build mix ready-mix cement facilities, added Akyusek. The group plans to have 20 ready-mix cement facilities by end-2008.

Limak increased cement production capacity of its three plants, namely Ergani, Kurtalan and Gaziantep, by 30% last year and sold 2Mt of cement