Supremo Cimento, part of the Secil group, on Thursday opened its 1.8Mta Adrianópolis plant in Paraná state, Brazil, local press have reported.
Chief executive of Secil, Gonçalo Salazar Leite, said Brazil was expected to account for 20 per cent of the company’s turnover in the next five years. Secil plans to make Supremo cement a regional brand supplying southern Brazil and the state of São Paulo.
The acquisition of the remaining stake 50 per cent stake of the Supremo group, in June, and the conclusion of the new cement plant at the end of April, increased Secil's installed cement capacity in Brazil to around 2Mta.
