This unit is located at Alangulam, Virudunagar District, commenced its commercial production in October 1981. Capacity of the plant is 36000 tonnes of Asbestos sheets per annum. It produces corrugated, semi – corrugated and plain sheets of 1 metre to 3 metres length with a standard width of 1.05 metres and thickness of 6 mm. The range includes plain sheets and accessories.
The company is engaged in the manufacture and selling of Cement, Asbestos Sheets, Asbestos Pressure Pipes and Stoneware Pipes. Its factories are situated in various districts of Tamil Nadu at Alangulam Cement Works, Alangulam, Virudhunagar District, Ariyalur Cement Works, Ariyalur, Perambalur District, Tamil Nadu Asbestos Sheet Unit, Alangulam, Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu Asbestos Pipe Unit, Mayanur, Karur District and
Stoneware Pipe Factory, Vridhachalam, Cuddalore District.
ARASU Brand AC sheet is supplied to Tamilnadu, Kerala, Pondicherry and part of Karnataka.
Ban Asbestos Network of India (BANI) which is working as a National Alliance for Asbestos Free India and Asbestos Mukti Andolan has urged the government to ban use of asbestos products keeping in mind the global evidence against the killer fibers of asbestos.
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