Background: Heidelberg Cements, erstwhile Mysore Cements set up by Birla group in 1958, is now a subsidiary of Heidelberg AG, the world's third largest cement manufacturer. The company manufactures Portland cement through its four plants located at Ammasandra, Karnataka (0.6 MTPA), Damoh, Madhya Pradesh (0.8 MTPA), Jhansi Uttar Pradesh (0.8 MTPA) and Raigad, Maharashtra (0.7 MTPA). The company also caters to Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune apart from MP and UP. The company is doubling its installed capacity to 6.0 MTPA from 3.1 MTPA. Heidelberg AG brought in a major...