US: Novada Cement, part of Medcem Group, has selected ABB to deliver full plant electrification, automation and drives solutions for its new cement plant in Tampa Bay, Florida. ABB will design, supply and commission the solutions and provide integrated engineering, project management and support. The grinding plant is expected to produce more than 0.6Mt/yr of cement at full capacity. It marks a first investment in the US by Novada, which has large-scale production in Türkiye, as well as plants in Cameroon and Tunisia.
Plant manager at Novada Cement Isa Eltez said “By centralising operations with ABB technology we’ll improve energy performance, maximise throughput and deliver expected quality. We’re looking forward to the results.”
