At the beginning of 2008, Holcim Apasco awarded Fives FCB with a contract for the engineering and supply of a 3,500 tpd complete cement plant, equipped with the latest technology developed by Fives FCB to reduce its energy consumption and NOx emissions.
By the beginning of 2010, mechanical and electrical equipment, weighing 8,500 tonnes in total and coming from Europe or the United States were delivered to the site.
The first months of 2010 saw the finalization of the local manufacture of steel structures and boilers, representing 13,000 tonnes of material.
By the end of the first six months of 2010, the mechanical and electrical assembly of the upstream section of the cement plant was fully completed and Fives FCB supervised the no-load tests of these facilities and then brought them into production.
The last few months of 2010 were dedicated to the successful start-up of all the other facilities of the cement plant.
Performance tests carried out on the kiln line and the coal grinding plant, as well as the industrial production tests performed on the Horomill® n°3 cement grinding plant, fulfilled the contractual objectives entirely.
The cement plant was inaugurated on March 10th 2011 in the presence of the President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon.
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Inauguration of the Hermosillo cement plant
in the presence of the Mexican President, Felipe Calderon |