Southern Asbestos Cement Ltd. plant at Indore, India

In March 1981, Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, reported that Southern Asbestos Cement Ltd., of Madras, India, had awarded a contract to Farben Industrial Development S.p.A., of Torino, Italy, "to supply a new plant for the manufacture of asbestos-cement pressure pipes," 4 and 5 meters long in diameters from 80 mm to 1,000 mm.¹ The journal wrote that the plant, "located near Indore, will have capacity to produce up to 36,000 tons of pipe per year," and that "start-up is planned for 1982"; the source describes a plan, not a working plant.¹

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Asbestos Magazine, 1981, March 1981

• Description: “planned: a new plant for the manufacture of asbestos-cement pressure pipes ... located near Indore ... Start-up is planned for 1982” (Southern Asbestos Cement Ltd.), said by Asbestos (magazine), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 36¹

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1981, March 1981 (March 1, 1981), p. 36.