This expansion is encouraged by the rising number of grinding facilities comparative to the slow number of installations of integrated plants in the next five years.

“Milling is one of the few areas of cement process equipment where innovation continues to be ripe” observed Robert Madeira, CW Group Managing Director and Head of Research. “It may seem that the vertical roller mills were the last game-changing innovation, but we are seeing equipment manufacturers going beyond business as usual and paying more attention to niche segments whose needs for mobility, ease of usage and super fineness were poorly catered for in the past.”