Industria Nacional del Cemento sells close to 10m bags in 9M17

Paraguay’s Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) has sold 9,855,397 bags of cement in the first nine months of 2017, equivalent to 74.6 per cent of the total sold last year (13.2m bags), according to the cement company’s sales department.

The growth in sales is attributed to the commissioning of a new cement mill and pozzolan dryer at the Villeta works. INC President, Jorge Méndez, said the company has set an annual sales target of 13.5m bags.

Going forward, the company also plans to install a modern palletiser at the Villeta facility to improve the dispatch of cement. The project is soon to go out to tender and represents an investment of US$0.5m, according to Mr Méndez.