Lafarge Malaysia invests MYR80m to boost efficiency

Lafarge Malaysia Bhd has allocated MYR80m (US$19.48m) to optimise its operational efficiency, which includes the installation of bag filters at all three of its integrated plants in the country.

At the installation of the filter at the company’s Kanthan facility, Mario Gross, CEO, noted that it is replacing the current ESP system as a more efficient alternative.

"It also captures dust particles, releasing only filtered air into the environment. The bag filter is cleaned at pre-programmed intervals and the dust particles are channelled into hoppers to be recirculated into the kiln process for efficient material utilisation," said Mr Gross.