Tokyo Cement inaugurates state-of-the-art technical excellence centre
View(s):A cutting-edge Centre for Technical Excellence of Tokyo Cement Group was inaugurated recently in Trincomalee. The Centre of Excellence will house the technical operations, R&D facilities and quality control operations of the entire local manufacturing process of Tokyo Cement Group signifying the company’s commitment towards maintaining superior quality.
The Centre was declared open by Mitsuo Ono, Executive Officer of UBE Industries Ltd, Japan together with Dr. Harsha Cabral PC, Chairman, of Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC while Kenichi Kakeya, Second Secretary of the Embassy of Japan in Sri Lanka attended the opening ceremony as a guest of honour.
The company in a media release said the Technical Building was ideated to provide greater management efficiency by providing a centralised overview of the company’s fully automated production process. To enable this unified view, a modern Central Command Room is installed at the heart of the facility. The four cement production mills at Tokyo Eastern Cement Factory are monitored via the Central Command, enabling smarter management of its operations and output efficiency. In addition, the two Biomass power plants of Tokyo Cement Group, which supplies renewable green electricity to run its entire manufacturing process, are also monitored and managed through the Central Command operations.
The central command room, installed under technical supervision of scientists and engineers of Ube Industries, Japan, is connected to a modern management information system equipped with latest software and hardware infrastructure, for improved flexibility and agility to respond faster with informed decision-making. This also minimises human dependencies to assure a higher level of precision in the manufacturing process.
The Tokyo Cement Centre for Technical Excellence also houses the company’s R&D laboratories and the quality control units of concrete and cement manufacturing process.
Environmental friendliness is at the heart of the Tokyo Cement Centre for Technical Excellence. Designed with a minimal environmental footprint, the Centre has multiple features built in to its structural footprint that has significantly enhanced it environmental performance. The architectural design of the building has allowed it to use its position within close proximity to the Cod Bay, to maximise its energy efficiency.
Designed to harvest day-light for its activities while insulating the indoors against heat gain, the building is entirely powered by 75KW of Solar energy.
In addition, the building has the capability to store 20m3 of harvested rainwater, further improving its environmental footprint. Designed to reduce and reuse its water consumption, the Centre is equipped with a waste water treatment plant with a 100,000 litres capacity, and uses a drip irrigation system to maintain its greener outlook.