Remarkable growth has been observed in the cement industry in India, with reasons being the growth in real estate activities and boom in the development of infrastructure.

Pune is a 3,00,000 ton Cement market .This is divided in the following manner
1,80,000 tones cement is sold in the P.P.C. form and the remaining 1,20,000 tones is sold in the O.P.C form.

Pune is the market which receives its major supply from three states Karnataka , Andhra Pradesh , and from Maharashtra itself..
This market includes the main city of Pune, its suburbs , and also the neighboring towns like Ranjangaon , Talegaon etc.
The upswing of construction related industry in the outskirt areas of Hinjewadi , Balewadi ,Kharadi, Wagholi etc has added  to the ever increasing demand of the city.
Pune has in all about 150 dealers which are meeting the demands of the real estate industry which comes up to a staggering 3,00,000 ton.

The seventy years old cement industry in India is ranked 2nd in the world. The industry is fragmented, with its top 5 players making up for about half of the installed capacity of around 150 Million tons. While small players hold the balance in this industry. With the growth in real estate activities and boom in the development of infrastructure, cement industry is on a roll in India.

According to a survey it is said that an average growth of ninety-five percent was registered by the cement manufacturing companies in Q1 2006. An upsurge of 32 percent in the sales volume was witnessed by the key cement producing companies due to the strong demand in western as well as northern regions

The over all profile of the Cement Industry is expected to continue to improve over the next 2 to 3 years. The present buoyancy in demand, the positive economic indicators and the focus on the infrastructure spending, housing and irrigation augurs well for the industry.

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