ACC Full Form

ACC Full Form

ACC stands for Associated Cement Companies. ACC was earlier established on August 1, 1936, but Sadly, Mr. F E Dinshaw, the man recognized as the founder of ACC, died in January 1936, a few months before his dream could be realized. A few details of this company are as follows:

• Industries Wholesale Building Materials
• Company size: 5001-10,000 employees
• Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Type: Public Company
• Founded: 1936

As we know, ACC is a merger of ten companies, and these companies belonged to four prominent business groups –

• Tatas
• Khatam
• Killick Nixon
• F E Dinshaw groups

ACC

Brand (ACC) Associate Cement Companies are a hallmark of quality and durability in cement and ready-mix concrete – to build houses for all Indians across cities, towns, villages, and enduring structures for infrastructure and big industry. ACC’s brand architecture comprises the Gold range and Silver range of products, ensuring superior quality for general construction and specialized applications and environments.

The company’s management control was taken over by Swiss cement manufacturer Holcim Group (Switzerland) in 2004. In 2015, Holcim and Lafarge came together to form a new name -LafargeHolcim, the worldwide leader in building cement materials and its solutions. This company is the only cement company that has taken the Super brand status in India. It has more than 6000 employees and 17 cement manufacturing sites in India, including 90 concrete plants and a nationwide network of more than 50,000 channel partners to serve its customers.

Its dry Mix range is designed to address key pain points of retail consumers. With consumer-friendly packaging and its ease of usage, they aim to make a home-building journey easier. Its ready-mix concrete product range provides our one-stop solutions for all kinds of requirements, from basic to high grades of concrete.

ACC has been one of the first Indian companies to include a commitment to environmental protection as its corporate objectives. Being a part of this large group has fuelled ACC’s growth, and the resultant technology sharing continues to help them stay ahead of the curve in the dynamic Indian market.

Their Products

• Cement
• RMC
• Solutions and Products
• Green Building Centre

Let’s see these things in detail.

Cement

They provide seven types of cement. These are as follows:

• ACC F2R cement is a foundation to cutting-edge Roof cement with a superfine quality and superfast setting formula, which helps you build your dream home faster.
• ACC Gold water shield cement: It is India’s first this kind of cement, which comes with a unique kind of formula, which helps us protect our home from water leakage.
• ACC Suraksha power cement: It is full of a unique kind of strength multiplier, which keeps on increasing your home’s power and makes it very long-lasting.
• ACC HPC Cement: It is a very high-performance Cement, which is engineered, blended, and made from a superior quality clinker to achieve higher strength and super durability.
• ACC Suraksha power plus cement: It is an advanced cement, which is developed with a new kind of technology, called -PSD technology, which helps us in making your dream home withstand the test of time.
• ACC Concrete Xtra Strong is made from high-quality clinker along with special performance additives to provide higher strength to your home.
• ACC Super Shaktiman cement: This is specially designed with unique bonding properties, making your dream home stronger from the inside.

RMC or Ready Mix Concrete

They provide six types of RMC.

• ACC Ecopact: This is concrete with an appx 30 % reduction in embodied carbon, designed to meet the construction needs.
• ACC Flowcrete: It is Self-compacting, highly flowable concrete designed for structures with dense reinforcement & smooth finish.
• ACC Imprintcrete: This is a Concrete for aesthetically designed pavements & floors.
• ACC Fibercrete: Concrete designed with fibers & other additives for heavy-duty flooring.
• ACC Jetset Crete: A premium concrete designed with special additives for high early strength.

Solutions and Products

They provide Tile adhesives and waterproofing solutions for our daily problems, making this company no 1.

Green Building Centre

• ACC Green Bricks: Protect your home from seepage and efflorescence with ACC Green Bricks, India’s first high-strength cement bricks.
• ACC + Green AAC Blocks – Lightweight and high-strength blocks with an excellent surface finish that offers faster construction with better durability.
• ACC Green Concrete Hollow and solid Blocks: ACC’s Green Concrete Hollow & Solid Blocks help us with faster construction with superior durability and strength.
• ACC Green AAC Blocks (for B2B segment) –It’s a very lightweight and very high strength block with an excellent surface finish, which offers faster construction with more durability.

Conclusion

ACC Limited (ACC) is a leading player in the Indian building materials space, with pan-India manufacturing and marketing presence. For more than 80 years, ACC has been synonymous with cement and establishing its reputation as a pioneer organization, consistently setting new benchmarks in research and innovative product development.

ACC has a rich experience in mining and is the largest user of limestone. It is also one of the biggest consumers of the domestic coal industry.