# Votorantim Cimentos expands cement factory in Caucaia, Ceará

Votorantim Cimentos expanded its factory in Caucaia, Ceará, increasing production capacity fivefold to one million tons of cement per year. The expansion involved an investment of R$200 million and will create 105 direct jobs, with 50 from the expansion.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-11-09
- Where: Caucaia, Ceará, Brazil
- Value: $36.0M (200.0M BRL)
- Jobs: 105
- Starts operating: 9 Nov 2021
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 1 million tons of cement per year
- Products: cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Votorantim Cimentos](https://endata.com/companies/15414.md)

## Sources

- [en.clickpetroleoegas.com.br](https://en.clickpetroleoegas.com.br/fabrica-da-votorantim-cimentos-amplia-sua-capacidade-de-producao-em-cinco-vezes-e-planeja-gerar-105-novos-empregos-para-moradores-do-ceara/), 2021-11-10: "This is the greatest achievement in recent times on national soil."

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