1936

Incorporation of The Associated Cement Companies Limited on August 1, 1936.

1936

First Board Meeting of The Associated Cement Companies Limited held at Esplanade House, Mumbai on November 10, 1936.

1937

With the transfer of the 10th company to ACC, viz. Dewarkhand Cement Company, the formation of ACC is complete on October 23, 1937.

1944

ACC’s first community development venture near Bombay

1947

India’s first entirely indigenous cement plant established at Chaibasa in Bihar

1952

Village Welfare Scheme launched

1955

Sindri cement works used the waste product calcium carbonate sludge from fertilizer factory at Sindri.

1956

Bulk Cement Depot established at Okhla, Delhi

1957

Technical training institute established at Kymore, Madhya Pradesh.

1957

Katni Refractories

1961

Blast furnace slag from TISCO used at the Chaibasa Unit to manufacture Portland Slag Cement for the first time in India.

1961

Manufacture of Accocid Cement, which resists the corrosive action of acids and chemicals.

1961

Oilwell Cement manufactured at ACC Shahabad Cement Works in Karnataka for cementation of oilwells upto a depth of 6,000 feet.

1961

Manufacture of Hydrophobic (waterproof) cement at ACC Khalari Cement Works in Bihar.

1962

Manufacture of Accoproof, a waterproofing additive.

1965

ACC’s Central Research Station (CRS) established at Thane

1965

Manufacture of Portland Pozzolana Cement.

1965

Manufacture of Calundum, a High Alumina Binder; Firecrete, Low Density Alumina Castables and High Alumina Refractory Cement.

1968

Advent of computers in ACC for data processing and designing management information and control systems.

1968

ACC supplied and commissioned one-million-tonne iron ore pelletising plant ordered by TISCO

1971

Manufacture of Whytheat Castables A, K, C and Cal-Al-75

1973

Take-over of The Cement Marketing Company of India (CMI)

1977

ACC receives ASSOCHAM first national award for the year 1976 instituted for outstanding performance in promoting rural and agricultural development activities.

1978

Introduction of the energy efficient precalcinator technology for the first time in India. Full scale commercial production based on MFC technology at Wadi in 1979.

1979

ACC wins international contract for operation and management of a new one million tonne cement plant at Yanbu-Ras Biridi in Saudi Arabia.

1982

Commissioning of the first 1 MTPA 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 for use at sub-zero temperatures, which is successfully used in the Indian expedition to Antarctica.

1992

Incorporation of Bulk Cement Corporation of India, a joint venture with the Government of India.

1993

ACC starts the commercial manufacture of Ready Mixed Concrete at Mumbai.

1998

Commissioning of the 0.6 MTPA cement grinding unit at Tikaria, Uttar Pradesh.

1999

Commissioning of captive power plants at the Jamul and Kymore plants in Madhya Pradesh.

1999

Tata group sells 7.2% of its stake in ACC to Ambuja Cement Holdings Ltd, a subsidiary of Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd. (GACL)

2000

Tata Group sells their remaining stake in ACC to the GACL group, who with 14.45% now emerge as the single largest shareholder of ACC.

2001

Commissioning of the new plant of 2.6 MTPA capacity at Wadi, Karnataka plant, the largest in the country, and among the largest sized kilns in the world.

2002

ACC wins PHDCCI Good Corporate Citizen Award

2003

IDCOL Cement Ltd becomes a subsidiary of ACC

2004

ACC raises US $ 100 million abroad through Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB’s) for US$ 60 million and Global Depository Shares (GDS’s) for US $ 40 million. Both offerings are listed on the London Stock Exchange.

2004

ACC named as a Consumer Superbrand by the Superbrands Council of India, becoming the only cement company to get this status.

2004

GreenTech Safety Gold and Silver Awards awarded to Madukkarai Cement Works and Katni Refractory Works by Greentech Foundation for outstanding performance in Safety Management System.

2005

ACC receives the CFBP Jamnalal Bajaj Uchit Vyavahar Puraskar Certificate of Merit – 2004 from Council For Fair Business Practices.

2005

Holcim group of Switzerland enters strategic alliance with Ambuja Group by acquiring a majority stake in Ambuja Cements India Ltd. (ACIL) which at the time held 13.8 % of the total equity shares in ACC. Holcim simultaneously makes an open offer to ACC shareholders, through Holdcem Cement Pvt. Limited and ACIL, to acquire a majority shareholding in ACC. Pursuant to the open offer, ACIL’s shareholding in ACC increases to 34.69 % of the Equity share capital of ACC.

2005

Commissioning of Modernisation and Expansion project at Chaibasa in Jharkhand, replacing old wet process technology with a new 1.2 MTPA clinkering unit, together with a captive power plant of 15 MW.

2006

Subsidiary companies Damodhar Cement & Slag Limited, Bargarh Cement Limited and Tarmac (India) Limited merged with ACC

2006

ACC announces new Workplace policy for HIV/AIDS

2006

Change of name to ACC Limited with effect from September 1, 2006 from The Associated Cement Companies Limited.

2006

ACC receives Good Corporate Citizen Award 2005-06 from Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry