Waste Management Technologies in Japanese Cement Industry

- from Manufacturing to Ecofactuaring^TM -

Abstract

On October 1, 1998, Taiheiyo Cement Corporation (Taiheiyo Cement) was formed through the merger of two major Japanese cement manufacturers, Chichibu Onoda Cement Corporation and Nihon Cement Co., Ltd. Both companies have histories of over 100 years. In Japan, Taiheiyo Cement has eight cement plants and five subsidiary cement companies, whose total annual production capacity is over 30 millions ton and total domestic cement market share is about 40%. In overseas, Taiheiyo Cement has eight cement plants - three in China, three in USA, one in Vietnam and one in the Philippines. Taiheiyo Cement also operates several cement grinding plants overseas. And Taiheiyo Cement is now co-managing SsangYong Cement, the biggest cement manufacture in Korea.