The Ramco Cements Ltd
NSE: RAMCOCEM BSE: 500260
₹995.10
(-0.85%)
Wed, 11 Mar 2026, 10:44 am
Market Cap237.27B
PE Ratio40.87
Dividend0.18
Non-Energy Minerals
Construction Materials
24.5KCompany History
1957
- Incorporated at Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu, to manufacture cement and allied products marketed as 'RAMCO' Portland Cement.
1967
- Issued 50,000 right equity shares (1:1) and 20,000 right redeemable preference shares (2:5).
1973
- Reclassified authorised capital.
- Issued 30,000 preference and 140,000 equity shares as rights in June; unsubscribed portion to public in October.
1978
- Raised dividend on preference shares to 11%.
- Issued 28,000 equity shares.
1982
- Issued 44,375 equity shares to financial institutions on partial loan conversion.
1985
- Commissioned new Combidan Cement Mill at Ramasamyraja Nagar Works, replacing 4 old mills.
1986
- Issued 1,200,000 15% secured non-convertible debentures as rights; allotted additional 193,742 for oversubscription.
- Commissioned 132 KVA sub-station and limestone crushing plant in December.
1988
- Installed two D.G. sets at Jayanthipuram to meet 60% power requirement.
1990
- Decided to expand Tamil Nadu factory capacity by 100,000 tpa.
1992
- Set up 4 MW windmill farm at Muppandal; 16 turbines commissioned in March 1993.
- Redeemed 10,000 15% preference shares on 31 March 1993.
- Issued 302,068 bonus equity shares in 1:1 ratio.
1993
- Proposed new cement factory in Tamil Nadu (0.6M tpa), grinding units in Sri Lanka (0.55M tpa) and Visakhapatnam.
- Added 8 wind turbines (250 kW each) at Muppandal, increasing capacity to 6 MW.
1994
- Upgraded Jayanthipuram unit capacity to 1.1 million tonnes and cement mills at R. R. Nagar and Jayanthipuram.
- Proposed increase of Tamil Nadu cement project to 0.9 million tpa.
- Installed 70 additional windmills.
- Allotted 592,116 bonus equity shares in 1:1 ratio; redeemed preference shares.
1995
- Enhanced power generation at Jayanthipuram to 15.3 MW with additional diesel generator set.
- Proposed composite cement unit of 0.5 million tpa at R. R. Nagar.
- Set up 27 windmills adding 10.5 MW at Poolaradi, Tamil Nadu.
1997
- Commissioned clinker plant at Alathiyur in March and grinding unit in May.
- Jayanthipuram unit suffered one month's production loss due to raw mill breakdown.
- CRISIL assigned 'P1+' rating to Rs. 56 crore commercial paper issue.
1998
- Planned ready-mix concrete plant at Medavakkam, Chennai, with 45,000 cu m capacity.
- Credit ratings downgraded.
1999
- Increased capacity from 1.8 million tonnes to 2.75 million tonnes.
- Announced Rs. 200 crore expansion plan to 6 million tonnes by 2001.
- Tied up with GAIL and ONGC for gas supply to captive power plant.
- Tied up with Visakhapatnam Steel Plant for slag supply.
- Planned installation of 27 VSATs and ERP with BPR.
2000
- Launched Ramco Super Steel cement in Tamil Nadu.
- Scaled up gas-based captive power plant at Mayavaram to 30 MW from 15 MW.
2003
- Members approved stock split of equity shares from Rs. 100 to 10 shares of Rs. 10 each.
2004
- Shri. T.K. Thirumalaiappa Mudaliar passed away on January 3.
2007
- Government of Tamil Nadu appointed Shri. Rajeev Ranjan, IAS, as nominee director.
2008
- Issued bonus shares in 1:1 ratio.
- Split face value from Rs. 10 to Rs. 1.
2009
- Board declared interim dividend of Rs. 1 per Rs. 1 share.
2010
- Planning Rs. 800 crore investment to increase Ariyalur plant capacity.
- Directors announced final dividend of 50 paise per share.
2012
- Won CII Environmental Best Practices Award.
- Jayanthipuram unit awarded by AP Pollution Control Board for Cleaner Production Measures.
- Board declared interim dividend of Rs. 2 per share.
2013
- Name changed to The Ramco Cements Ltd.; trading symbol changed to RAMCOCEM.
2014
- Board recommended dividend of Re. 1 per share.
2015
- Won awards from National Council for Cement and Building Materials.
- Order passed by Competition Appellate Tribunal.
2017
- Received awards from NCCBM.
2019
- Launched RAMCO SUPERCRETE, a premium blended cement.
- Won 'Gold Medal' at India Green Manufacturing Challenge 2018.
2020
- Alathiyur unit awarded 'Commendation for Significant Achievement in CSR' by CII-ITC Sustainability Awards.
- Acquired 5 crore equity shares of Lynks Logistics Limited.
- Commenced operations at grinding unit in Odisha.
- Presented with Golden Peacock National Training award.
2021
- Launched Ramco Super Plaster, a new product for plastering and brickwork.
- Bagged Apex India Gold award for health and safety.
2022
- Employee bagged 3 bronze medals in Uganda Para-Badminton International 2022.
- Received Best Performing Wind Farm award.
- Received National Award for Excellence in Energy Management.
- Received Green award.
- Declared 'Winner' for Outstanding Achievements in Promotion of Healthcare by Greentech Foundation in 9th CSR India Awards.
2023
- Employee bagged 2 bronze medals at Uganda Para-Badminton International 2023.
- Contributed to flood relief in Tamil Nadu.
2024
- Jaggayyapet plant bagged 'Excellent Energy Efficient Unit' award in 25th National Award for Excellence in Energy Management.
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