- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin launched ‘Valimai’ — a new cement brand from Tamil Nadu Cements Corporation Limited (TANCEM).
- The two varieties of the Valimai cement brand are priced at ₹350 and ₹365 a bag.
- New cement brand had greater compression strength and quick setting, and was also heat resistant.
- TANCEM initially operated with one cement plant at Alangulam in Virudhunagar district with a capacity of 2 lakh MT per annum.
- It eventually operated two more cement plants in Ariyalur district with a total capacity of 17 lakh MT per annum.
- It has been marketing a cement brand named ‘Arasu
