Staff Reporter
Lahore
DG Khan Cement Company Limited, Pakistan’s leading cement manufacturer, has chosen Schneider Electric to provide a comprehensive electrification solution for its latest production facility. DG Khan Cement Company’s Balochistan plant will use a range of smart hardware, software and services that will not only ensure the site is fully powered, but also to work towards optimizing power usage to make the facility more energy efficient and sustainable. Schneider’s EcoStruxure equipment is internet-of-things enabled, allowing the operations team a full view of energy usage across the factory. Artificial Intelligence-powered software will help the company to take a predictive approach to maintenance, resulting in a facility that is much more productive.
Owned by Pakistan’s Nishat Group, the DG Khan Cement Company is amongst the top three Cement manufacturers in the country with a national market share of over 13 percent. The company has four production lines capable of producing over 8.2 million tons of cement annually. The Balochistan plant is Pakistan’s largest cement production site and has a capacity of 10,000 tons per day.
