# Elementia to build $17.5M cement grinding plant in Costa Rica

Elementia announced a new $17.5 million cement grinding plant for its subsidiary Cementos Fortaleza in Salinas Esparza, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. The plant will use Gebr. Pfeiffer's ready2grind system to produce 300,000 tpy of cement, with production scheduled to begin in Q1 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-12-06
- Where: Salinas Esparza, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
- Value: $17.5M
- Starts operating: Q1 2018
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 300,000 tpy
- Products: cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Elementia](https://endata.com/companies/20375.md)
- [Gebr. Pfeiffer](https://endata.com/companies/28643.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [cementproducts.com](https://cementproducts.com/2017/12/06/gebr-pfeiffer-system-featured-in-new-elementia-plant/), 2017-12-06: "The $17.5 million investment will allow Elementia to achieve the project's primary goal of directly integrating two of its divisions by self-producing cement needed for the manufacture of its Plycem fiber cement products."

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