ACC has a unique track record of innovative research, product development and specialized consultancy services. It is an important benchmark for the cement industry in respect of its production, marketing and personnel management processes.

ACC is proud of its many innovations over the years and realises that innovativeness is an essential characteristic of leadership.

ACC - Achievements

Year	Achievement
1936	The Associated Cement Companies Limited incorporated on August 1
1947	India's first entirely indigenous cement plant installed at Chaibasa.
1955	ACC Sindri uses waste material - calcium carbonate sludge -from fertilizer factory at Sindri to make cement
1956	Bulk Cement Depot established at Okhla, Delhi
1961	Blast furnace slag, (a waste by-product from steel) from TISCO used at ACC Chaibasa to manufacture Portland Slag Cement.
1961	Oilwell Cement manufactured at ACC Shahabad for cementation of oilwells upto a depth of 6,000 feet.
1961	Manufacture of Hydrophobic (waterproof) cement at ACC Khalari.
1965	Manufacture of Portland Pozzolana Cement using naturally available materials. An eco-friendly cement using an eco-friendly process.
1966	ACC inducts use of pollution control equipment and high efficiency sophisticated electrostatic precipitators for its cement plants and captive power plants decades before it becomes mandatory to do so.
1978	Introduction of the energy efficient pre-calcination technology for the first time in India.
1982	Commissioning of the first 1 MTPA (million tonne per annum) plant in the country at Wadi, Karnataka.
1984	ACC achieves a breakthrough in import substitution by developing and supplying a special G type of oil well cement to ONGC.
1987	ACC develops a new binder, working at sub-zero temperature, which is successfully used in the Indian expedition to Antarctica.
1992	Incorporation of Bulk Cement Corporation of India, a JV with the Government of India.
1993	Commercial manufacture of ready-mixed concrete at Mumbai.
2001	Commissioning of the new Wadi plant of 2.6 MTPA capacity in Karnataka, the largest in India, and among the largest sized kilns in the world.
2002	Supply of High Performance Concrete of M -75 grade to JJ Flyover in Mumbai becoming first time in India to supply concrete of such high strength level for use in a mega construction project.
2005	Commissioned Asia’s largest Tube Conveyor of 2.5 kms for transportation of Limestone from mines to plant at the newly modernized Chaibasa Works in Jharkhand.

ACC Cement
ACC's brand name is synonymous with cement. Its marketing, sales and distribution processes are industry standards. The brand building approach to marketing cement which was first adopted by ACC has proved to be exceptionally successful in respect of blended cements in terms of providing more effective communication with customers and has been emulated by other companies in the industry.

Ready-Mix Concrete
ACC established the country's first commercial ready-mix concrete (RMX) in Mumbai. ACC's pioneering efforts in this respect along with the introduction of bulk cement handling facilities have been responsible for redefining the pace and quality of construction activity in metropolitan cities and in mega infrastructure projects. The JJ flyover in Mumbai was the first mega construction project in India to use High Performance Concrete of M-75 grade.

Research & Development
ACC is the only cement producer in India with its own in-house research and development facility. This unit, recognized by the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR) in the Ministry of Science and Technology, is engaged in research and development activities related to cement and concrete areas. The R & D programme addresses a spectrum of activities that cover technical services for quality and technology up-gradation and development of products and processes in the company’s core business. Given the inherent variability in the mineral resources used in cement manufacture, considerable attention has been devoted to continuously optimizing process conditions including raw materials proportioning to ensure the highest quality.

ACC has a unique track record of innovative research and specialized technological services. Some special products born out of this own in-house research, include a range of unique products of immense value to the concrete and construction sectors such as High Performance Concretes, Acconex a non-explosive demolition agent and ACCMarg a novel technology for flexible pavements suitable for resurfacing and strengthening roads and highways..

ACC’s concrete expertise has been sought in the restoration of several heritage buildings in India including the famed CST terminus (formerly called Victoria Terminus) at Mumbai, churches and royal palaces. We have also facilitated the restoration of numerous buildings and structures valuable to rural communities in our neighbourhood..

Sharing Knowledge
Following the massive earthquake in Gujarat, ACC's civil engineers trained over 1500 unemployed youth from remote villages in the fundamentals of building stronger, more earthquake resistant structures. This was the first formal training effort of its kind for masons. Many of these youth are now gainfully employed.

Environment Protection
ACC is among the first companies in India to include commitment to environmental protection as one of its corporate objectives, long before pollution control norms and regulatory act came into existence. The company inducted the use of pollution control equipment and high efficiency sophisticated electrostatic precipitators for cement kilns, raw mills, coal mills, power plants and coolers as far back as 1966.