Company Announcement to the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority No. 18-2012, 22 March 2012
FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth USD 83m (approximately DKK 470m) from the company Margem Companhia de Mineração (a subsidiary of Supremo Cimentos) for delivery of equipment and services for their new cement production line in Brazil. The plant is located in Adrianópolis, in the State of Paraná, approximately 130 km North of Curitiba.
The scope of supply includes all major process equipment including an EV crusher, a stacker/reclaimer, ATOX mills for both raw and fuel grinding, an ILC 5-stage preheater, a ROTAX-2 kiln, an FLSmidth Cross-BarTM cooler and an OK Mill for cement grinding. Furthermore, air pollution control systems, a packing plant, as well as automation and control equipment are included. FLSmidth MAAG Gear and FLSmidth Pfister will also contribute to what is a full scope systems supply.
The project features the latest technology to ensure the production process is both environmentally friendly and energy efficient.
"The continuously growing demand for infrastructure in Latin America makes it an interesting market for FLSmidth. Our capability of delivering full scope systems, as underlined by this order, reinforces FLSmidth's strong position and our ability to tap into the important Latin American market, in particular the market in Brazil," Group CEO Jørgen Huno Rasmussen comments.
The order will contribute beneficially to FLSmidth's earnings until 2014.
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Please address any questions regarding this announcement to Group Chief Executive Officer Jørgen Huno Rasmussen, FLSmidth & Co. A/S at +45 36 18 18 00.
For further information about FLSmidth, please visit www.flsmidth.com.
Yours faithfully
Pernille Friis Andersen
Corporate Communications & Investor Relations