Cherat Cement, located in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in the north-west of Pakistan, is a leading cement producer with a manufacturing capacity of some 2.45 million tpy. To meet the growing demand for cement in Pakistan, the company is further expanding its production facilities, with a new line of 2.11 million t, and for this additional power supply is required. The existing plant is also powered by Wärtsilä equipment, consisting of four Wärtsilä 32 engines.
"We need to enlarge our facilities and this we must to do quickly on a tight schedule. Wärtsilä has supported this timetable by agreeing to deliver their generating sets on a very short timetable and this, together with the positive experience we have had with the Wärtsilä engines already installed, is why we had no hesitation in choosing Wärtsilä," says Mr Azam Faruque, CEO of Cherat Cement.
The engines are set to be delivered in March 2018 and the plant is expected to be fully operational by June 2018.
In addition to the need for a quick delivery, the customer’s prime requirements were to have efficient, multi-fuel engines. The Wärtsilä 34DF engine uses advanced technology to deliver high efficiency and is able to operate on either natural gas or conventional liquid fuels.
With this recently signed contract, Wärtsilä now has an installed base of 2.1 GW in Pakistan.
