Irish group CRH enters fray to buy Jaiprakash Associates
Jul 19, 2012#0183;#32;Jaypee Cement Corp, as the new company is called, runs a plant each in Sewagram, Kutch, and Wanakbori, Gujarat, with a total capacity of million tonnes, as well as a 5milliontonne unit in Andhra Pradesh''s Krishna district. Jaiprakash Associates has a total capacity of around 23 million tonnes, making it the thirdlargest player in India after Holcim and AV Birla Groupowned UltraTech.