Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company: Striving to exceed production target
(Baonghean) - Due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, many businesses have had to stop production and business, and lay off workers; but at Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company, the production lines are still operating 24/7, more than 1,400 workers are still working in normal shifts, striving to exceed production targets in terms of output.
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| A production line at Do Luong Cement Factory. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen |
Due to the nature of clinker and cement production lines operating continuously 24/24, Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company always maintains continuous working shifts. To ensure that production pace, during the complicated period of Covid-19 pandemic, the Company has promptly taken good epidemic control and prevention solutions.
In addition to promoting propaganda to raise awareness of self-prevention and epidemic prevention for each officer and worker, at the entrance and exit gates of the factory, the Company arranges medical staff to be on duty to measure the body temperature of each person entering the unit. At the same time, at the fingerprint attendance point, the Company arranges staff with alcohol spray to disinfect the hands of all workers every time they change shifts.
Mr. Nguyen Song Hao - administrative officer of Do Luong Cement Factory said: "Good Covid-19 prevention is a very important factor for the unit to maintain production, when the number of workers has been divided into strict shifts. Every day, along with good control of people entering the unit, we also implement disinfection and epidemic prevention solutions in all related departments, offices and divisions".
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| Checking workers' body temperature before each shift at Do Luong Cement Factory. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen |
At the Nghi Thiet Grinding Station production area, in addition to the above-mentioned solutions, the unit also strengthens environmental sanitation at the workplace and factory premises.
Through the discussion, Ms. Mai Thi Huong Duyen - in charge of administration here said: "We also strengthen the coordination between the Trade Union, Youth Union, Women's Union in communication to raise awareness for workers, well implement the rules and regulations of the Company and consider this a competition criterion of individuals and groups. Thereby, actively contributing to the effective prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic, at the same time effectively implementing the movement to build and protect the environment of the unit "Green - clean - beautiful - safe" throughout the Company. Recently, the Company also bought 10,000 medical masks to distribute to workers to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic".
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| A corner of Do Luong Cement Factory - Photo: Nguyen Nguyen |
Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company has a capacity of 4.6 million tons/year.Since the project was completed and put into operation, the Company has produced nearly 20 million tons of Clinker and various types of cement. It has created stable jobs for over 1,400 workers who are children of Nghe An with an average income of over 9 million VND/person/month. The unit actively participates in social security work, contributing over 1,036 billion VND to the State budget.
Normally, Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company has over 20 foreign experts to advise, advise, and control the production line. But before the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, 15 people returned home on leave. These people were not able to return to Nghe An to continue working for the Company.
Therefore, every day, Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company organizes online work exchanges with experts in many different countries. This solution contributes to promptly solving technical problems in operating all modern equipment and production lines of the Company.
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| Workers of Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company control the production line. Photo: Nguyen Nguyen |
Discussing the work of maintaining stable production and preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Oanh - Chairman of the Board of Directors, CEO of Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company added: “Cement products have not fluctuated much due to the Covid-19 epidemic. Therefore, good epidemic prevention will contribute to maintaining productivity and output. Our goal is stability first, ensuring good quality, affirming the reputation and brand of products in the market. During the difficult period due to the epidemic, the Government has a policy of extending tax and land rent payment to support production, but Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company did not propose an extension but was determined to achieve production efficiency, fully and promptly pay the above amounts".
Also according to Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Oanh, in early March 2020, the Company's Party Committee successfully organized the Congress for the 2020 - 2025 term with many set goals. That created momentum and confidence for cadres, party members, and workers. The common goal of the company is to maximize and effectively exploit the capacity of the equipment, strive to achieve and exceed the planned output target, contribute more to the socio-economic development of Nghe An province, and bring Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company further.
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| Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company stacks bags of cement at Nghi Thiet Cement Grinding Station. Photo: Nguyen Son |
Song Lam Cement Plant Project is invested with advanced technology, synchronous construction items including clinker production, cement grinding station, transfer stations and deep-water seaport, with high level of automation, environmentally friendly production with modern equipment according to European standards; total investment up to nearly 15 trillion VND. Currently, besides the operating units, the Company is accelerating the completion of phase 2.