Mumbai, April 17 -- UltraTech Cement has crossed the 200 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) installed capacity mark in India, chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla announced on Friday. The company is now world's largest cement producer outside China.

"Today, with the commissioning of three plants at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, Shahjahanpur in UP, and Patratu in Jharkhand, UltraTech's cement capacity will increase to over 200 million tonnes per annum," the chairman said at an event in Mumbai.

Of the total, around 90 million tonne capacity has come via acquisitions. The company's acquisition-led growth began with the L&T cement business and expanded through deals involving Jaypee, Binani, Century, Kesoram and, most recently, India Cements.

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