Austria: Baumit has commissioned a new raw meal mill at its Wopfing plant, following an investment of €22.6m. The company said that the upgrade reduces electricity demand by around 2500MWh/yr, improving energy efficiency and operational reliability in the cement production process.
Managing directors Manfred Tisch and Georg Bursik said “We are modernising a key step in the cement production process so that we can produce more reliably, with less maintenance, and with significantly lower susceptibility to downtime in the long term. At the same time, the new raw meal mill noticeably improves the energy balance – without compromising quality or process stability.”