Key milestones in Carbon leadership 
Commissioned the first calcination plant in Visakhapatnam, India, with waste-heat recovery electricity generation and emissions scrubbing technology, whose byproduct is used in Indian brick manufacturing. In the same year, commissioned a lime-based emissions-scrubbing system at the Zelzate, Belgium, distillation site, whose byproduct is used in the European construction industry.
Commissioned a waste-heat recovery steam system with lime-based emissions-scrubbing technology at the Norco, US, calcination site.*
Doubled capacity at the Visakhapatnam calcination plant, including a doubling of renewable waste-heat recovery electricity generation capacity.
Granted the first patent for innovative ICE technology to use isotropic GPC in the production of anode-grade CPC.*
Acquired US-based calcination company CII Carbon LLC, becoming the world’s second-largest CPC producer.
Commissioned waste-heat recovery electricity generation and emissions-scrubbing systems at the Lake Charles, US, calcination site.
Acquired RÜTGERS Group, merging complementary distillation and calcination businesses. In the same year, granted the first patent for Anhydrous Carbon Pellet (ACP) technology.
Commissioned an emissions-scrubbing system at the Chalmette, US, calcination site as an upgrade to the waste-heat recovery plant installed in 1981.
Became the world’s largest coal tar pitch producer upon commissioning a coal tar distillation plant in Cherepovets, Russia.
Completed construction of a vertical shaft calcination plant in Atchutapuram, India, with waste-heat recovery electricity generation and emissions scrubbing technology, producing fertiliser for Indian farmers.
Ramped up CPC production capacities and re-established the global blending strategy following the relaxation of GPC and CPC import restrictions in India after six years.
Key milestones in Advanced Materials leadership
Commissioned a new phthalic anhydride (PA) unit at the Zelzate, Belgium, site, with an upgraded waste-heat recovery system for in-house steam generation using renewable energy.*
Increased PA unit capacity,
enhancing renewable-energy
steam generation.*
Further expanded PA unit capacity, increasing
renewable-energy steam generation.*
Commissioned the first CARBORES® units in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, producing pitch-based resins with exceptionally low toxicity.*
Acquired RÜTGERS Group, merging cement, carbon and advanced materials businesses under RAIN.
Commissioned a second PA unit at Zelzate, further increasing waste-heat recovery for renewable energy generation.
Commissioned a third CARBORES® unit in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany.
Launched NOVARES pure® water-white hydrocarbon resins.
Commissioned a next-generation Hydrogenated Hydrocarbon Resins (HHCR) plant in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, with an integrated hydrogen production facility.
Expanded PETRORES® and LiONCOAT® materials for lithium-ion battery anode coatings.
Began construction of the Innovation Centre for Energy Storage Materials in Hamilton, Canada, advancing battery R&D.
Key milestones in Cement leadership 
Incorporated as Tadipatri
Cements Limited in India.
On 15 August (Indian Independence Day), commissioned the first OPC cement production plant in Suryapet, India (Unit 1).
Started PPC production at the same plant (Unit 1), utilising byproduct from coal-fired power plants.
Commissioned a new cement mill in Unit 1 for OPC production.
Established a second PPC production line, further upcycling byproduct from coal-fired power plants.
Expanded cement production at the Nandyal site (Unit 2) with a second high-efficiency OPC facility as part of our brownfield expansion.
Started PPC production at Unit 2, leveraging the expanded capacity to upcycle additional byproduct from coal-fired power plants.
Commissioned the first kiln waste-heat recovery system at Nandyal, generating 6.45MW of renewable electricity and reducing the cement plant’s carbon footprint.
Commissioned a 4.5 MW wasteheat recovery (WHR) system at Unit 1, along with a 1 MW groundmounted solar plant. Additionally, a 1 MW ground-mounted solar plant was commissioned at Unit 2.
Gradually expanded solar power generation, reaching a combined 19MW across Nandyal and Suryapet.
Advancing sustainability through resource efficiency and process optimisation to support India’s development.
