The company was first established on May 16, 1969 as Siam City Cement Company Limited with the initial registered capital of 100 million baht and began cement production after the completion of its cement plant in 1972.
In order to reduce the consumption of fuel which represented a major cost of cement production, in 1989 the company became the first cement producer in Southeast Asia to introduce a waste heat recovery system that converted heat captured from the cement kiln to produce electricity.
In 2008, SCCC was one of the first companies in Thailand to be awarded the CSR-DIW certification by the Department of IndustrialWork, Ministry of Industry. In 2014, the Company became the first cement manufacturer in Thailand to be awarded the Carbon Footprint for Product (CFP) and Carbon Footprint Reduction labels from the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Organization (TGO). Moreover, the Company also received the Green Industry Level 5 (Green Network) Award for all of its plants, which is the highest award provided by the Ministry of Industry, making SCCC the first Company in the Thai cement industry awarded with Green Industry Level 5 certification for all of its cement manufacturing facilities.At the end of 2015, SCCC was awarded 6 awards in Thailand and ASEAN energy awards in 3 categories namely Special Works, Off-grid Thermal Power and Eco-Building.
According to siamcitycement.com
