Cement, bag for bag
ACC vs UltraTech cement
ACC and UltraTech are the two names most house builders in Saharsa ask about by name, and this shop stocks three bags of each; for an ordinary pour any of the six will carry the load your drawing designs for, so what actually decides an order is which of the three jobs, plain, damp-proof or high-strength, your bag has to do.
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Jay Shree Infra keeps three ACC bags and three UltraTech bags at its Saharsa godown, and sends both out to Saharsa, Supaul and Madhepura on our own vehicles. ACC Limited makes ACC Plain, ACC F2R Superfast and ACC Gold Water Shield; UltraTech Cement Limited makes UltraTech Plain, UltraTech Premium and UltraTech Weather Plus. All six sit on the cement rack together with the rest of the brands we stock.
A buyer standing at the counter with a drawing is usually asking one of two things. Either the drawing has named a bag and he wants to know what it actually is, or nobody has named one and he wants the plain sack for ordinary house work. The table below sets out what each maker prints; the two sections after it say where each three-bag range earns its keep; and the last says which we would load first.
Reading the two portfolios
ACC and UltraTech, bag for bag
ACC and UltraTech on six things you can check before you name a bag.
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| What to compare | ACC | UltraTech |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | ACC Limited | UltraTech Cement Limited |
| Bags stocked here | ACC Plain, ACC F2R Superfast, ACC Gold Water Shield | UltraTech Plain, UltraTech Premium, UltraTech Weather Plus |
| Damp-protection bag | ACC Gold Water Shield | UltraTech Weather Plus |
| High-strength bag | ACC F2R Superfast | UltraTech Premium |
| OPC grades published | Not printed on ACC's own portfolio page | 33, 43, 53, 53-S |
| Cement standard, by type | OPC IS 269:2015, PPC IS 1489 | OPC IS 269:2015, PPC IS 1489 |
Every cell comes from the maker's own page, linked below, or from the standard a cement type is made to. Which of the six bags is actually on the floor this morning is a separate question, answered on the call.
One row on the ACC side is blank, and it says something true rather than saying nothing. ACC's own product portfolio names F2R Superfast and Gold Water Shield without a grade number against either, and its general range is what our counter calls ACC Plain. UltraTech's own OPC page names four grades, 33, 43, 53 and 53-S, so a drawing carrying one of those numbers can be checked straight against UltraTech's own page. IS 269:2015 actually allows five OPC grades, the fifth being a railway sleeper grade neither maker sells at this counter, and that full count is set out on the OPC cement page.
The standard row reads the same on both sides because it is not either company's claim: an OPC sack is made to IS 269:2015 and a PPC sack to IS 1489, whichever name is printed above it. What actually governs a pour is the cement type and grade printed on the sack in your hand, not the company name across the front of it, and that is what we read out before a load is matched to your drawing.
Three ACC bags, three jobs
What the ACC bags are built for
ACC Plain is the everyday sack, the one most masonry, plaster and general RCC work here runs on, and it is the bag to ask for when nobody has specified anything more. ACC F2R Superfast is positioned by ACC for the foundation upward, built with slag and fly ash for denser, less permeable concrete where steel sits close to damp soil for years. ACC Gold Water Shield is ACC's water-repellent bag, the one to name where seepage on a bathroom slab or a water tank is the actual worry.
ACC is also one of six cement names lit on the board across our own shop front, standing between UltraTech and Nuvoco, so a buyer who has seen that panel already knows the name before he asks for it. What ACC does not print on its own portfolio page is a grade number against F2R or Gold, so the marking that governs the pour is the one on the sack in front of you, read out before the vehicle is loaded.
Where the range goes further
Where UltraTech's own page settles it
UltraTech Plain is OPC or PPC depending on the sack, and which one is printed on the pack rather than fixed by the name. UltraTech Premium is a blend of high-reactive silica and slag that UltraTech names for slabs, columns, beams and roofing where extra strength and corrosion resistance matter, and UltraTech Weather Plus is built to break the capillary path water takes through concrete, sold for the whole structure rather than only the roof.
The difference worth knowing about is what UltraTech puts in writing. Its OPC page carries the grade numbers, 33, 43, 53 and 53-S, in print, so a drawing or a tender approved-list naming a grade points straight at UltraTech's own page rather than at a guess. That is a real difference in what gets published, not a claim that the cement inside is better.
Our take
Which bag rides on the vehicle
For ordinary house work, plaster and masonry with nothing specified, we load whichever of the two plain sacks is standing that morning, because both are cement to the standard the type on the bag calls for and neither is the wrong buy. We stock both brands, and this is a stock answer, not a claim that one company's cement is stronger.
Where a drawing or a tender document actually names a grade number, UltraTech's own OPC page lets us check it in front of you, which ACC's portfolio page does not offer for its own bags. Where the worry is damp rather than a grade, ACC Gold Water Shield and UltraTech Weather Plus do the same job under two names, and we would load whichever one is standing. Beyond that, the mark printed on the sack decides more than the company name ever will.
Sources
Where these six bags are described online
Two pages sit on ACC's own domain and two on UltraTech's, for the names above.
- ACC's published product portfolio, naming F2R Superfast and Gold Water ShieldACC Limited
- ACC Limited, the maker whose name these bags carryACC Limited
- UltraTech's OPC page, printing the 33, 43, 53 and 53-S gradesUltraTech Cement
- UltraTech Premium, published under its own name with the blend describedUltraTech Cement
Questions
What house builders ask between these two
ACC aur UltraTech me ghar ke kaam ke liye kaun theek rahega?
Both are cement to the standard the type on the sack calls for, so for an ordinary pour neither is the wrong buy and the grade printed on the sack matters more than the company name. We stock three bags of each, so tell us the job and we will say which of the two suits it and which is standing this morning.
ACC apne portfolio page par grade number kyun nahi likhta?
Not on ACC's own portfolio page, which names F2R Superfast and Gold Water Shield without a grade number against either. The marking that actually governs your pour is printed on the sack itself, so read it out on the call and we hold it against the drawing you have been given.
UltraTech OPC 53 grade rakhte hain?
UltraTech's own OPC page names four grades, 33, 43, 53 and 53-S, so 53 is one of the four it publishes. Whether that exact grade is standing on our floor this morning is a separate question, answered when you ring +91 6202 967 218 with the bag and the count.
Neev ke liye F2R lein ya Premium?
F2R Superfast is ACC's own foundation-upward bag, built for denser concrete where steel sits close to damp soil. UltraTech Premium is a strength-focused blend UltraTech names for slabs, columns and beams rather than foundations specifically. For a foundation, F2R is the closer match of the two; say the site and we will confirm which is standing.
Ek hi dhalai me ACC aur UltraTech dono chala sakte hain?
Both makers' OPC sacks meet the same IS 269:2015 standard, so mixing bags across one pour is not a structural fault. What matters more is keeping the cement type and grade the same through the whole pour, so read the marking off every sack before it goes in, not just the brand name on the front.
Contact
Tell us the pour, we match the bag
Tell us whether the pour wants plain, foundation-strength or water-repellent cement, and how many bori, and you will hear which of these six bags is standing today and which we would load for that job.
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