Wonder Cement

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Wonder Cement Limited
Company type Private
Industry Building materials
Founded2010 [1]
Headquarters,
India
Areas served
Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat Maharashtra
Key people
Ashok Patni (Chairman)
Vimal Patni (Vice Chairman)
Suresh Patni (Managing Director) [2] [3]
Products Cement
RevenueIncrease2.svg6,020 crore (US$750 million) (FY23) [4]
Decrease2.svg843 crore (US$110 million) (FY23) [4]
Decrease2.svg249 crore (US$31 million) (FY23) [4]
Number of employees
1,243 (2021)
Parent RK Group [5]
Website wondercement.com

Wonder Cement is an Indian cement producing company that is based out of Rajasthan. It was started in 2010 under RK Group. [6] It manufactures Portland pozzolana and ordinary Portland cement for plaster, brickwork, and other construction applications. [7]

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History

In 2012, the company set up its first unit in Nimbahera, Rajasthan, with thirty lakh tonnes per annum. [8] In 2015, Wonder Cement added another unit taking its annual cement production to 67.5 lakh tonnes. [9]

In 2018, the company invested 450 crore to set up a 20 lakh (2 million) tonne per annum clinker grinding unit in Dhule, Maharashtra. [10] [11] [12] In 2019, Wonder Cement invested ₹1,100 crore to build a third plant at Nimbahera in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district, increasing its annual capacity of producing close to 1.1 crore (11 million) tonnes of cement. [13] [14] In 2020, Wonder Cement invested ₹800 crore to set up cement plants in Badnawar and Jhajjar which increased the annual capacity to 1.3 crore (13 million) tonnes of cement. [15] [16]

In 2023, Wonder Cement announced the setup of a new grinding unit at Tulsigram village in Gujarat, while the company's total production capacity reached 18 million tonne per annum. [17] In 2024, Wonder Cement signed a sponsorship deal worth 250 crore (US$31 million) with the Indian Premier League. [18]

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