Iskitimcement plans to raise retail sales of cement. On January 19, 2005 the company put into operation Mullers cement packing line of 300tpd capacity and seeks to double sales of cement in 10-50 kg bags.  RUR50m of the company’s profit was invested in the project, CEO of the company Georgy Glebov told Vedomosti. The official was quoted as saying that the company will develop the retail line of business and is going to produce dry construction mixtures. In 2005 the company plans to pack 250,000t of cement, doubling the output of packed cement, while total production will rise from 1.1mln tons to 1.35mln tons per year.