Zement#

Cement: In Austria F. Kink started producing Roman cement in Schwoich near Kufstein in 1842. Portland cement, which was especially important for the building industry, was first produced in 1856 by A. Kraft in Haering (Tyrol), who was granted a privilege for it. Due to the name of the site the cement produced there was called "Perlmooser Cement". In 1993 there were 13 cement plants in Austria: Loruens (Vorarlberg), Vils, Kirchbichl, Eiberg (Tyrol), Gartenau (Salzburg), Wietersdorf (Carinthia), Gmunden, Kirchdorf an der Krems (Upper Austria), Peggau, Terznei (Styria), Wopfing, Mannersdorf (Lower Austria), and Rodaun (Vienna). Cement production amounted to 1.28 million t in 1950, 4.92 million t in 1970, and 4.85 million t in 1993.

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