Malvern signs multi-year contract with Brazil's largest cement producer
Malvern Instruments has secured a multi-year contract with Brazilian cement
producer, Votorantim Cimentos, to supply its Insitec on-line particle
size analyzers for at least 30 of their cement production lines throughout
north and south America. Votorantim is the largest cement producer in
Brazil and a significant player in the cement industry throughout the
Americas. Its decision to adopt Malvern's system as a company-wide standard
followed a trial to understand the impact that real-time control of the
fineness of the cement could make. By replacing conventional off-line
analytical techniques with on-line particle size analysis, and using the
resulting information to develop appropriate control strategies, Votorantim
made significant gains in process efficiency and product quality. In addition
to the economic gains, the rapid set up of the Insitec system, together
with exceptionally high instrument availability times also helped to demonstrate
the potential of the system to deliver real competitive advantage. "We
are sure these systems will help us to improve performance and quality
of our products" said Julio Cesar M Rocha of Votorantim Cimentos.