The global cement industry is striving to reduce energy onsumption and material demands as muchas possible. Since, for the most part, the demand for cement across the globe is growing, cement plants worldwide will need to increase their efficiency and update their facilities to the latest technologies. Both the demand for new and highly efficient technologies and the need for additional personnel leave the industry with a challenge in the coming years: the recruiting and training of voting engineers, scientists and workers who are able tooperate the increasingly complex cement plants efficiently, as well as the continuing education of the existing plant staff.Such first-class workforces are essential for the further development and competitiveness of an industry, as they ensure the quality of the products and services as well as their compliance with national and international standards and policies. It is the people who operate the plants efficiently and safely, make suggestions for improvements, and contribute to the climate of progress and innovation that is needed to handle the industry's upcoming challenges. Under the pressure of a growing demand for cement, especially in the emerging economies, highly complex and interrelated processes in the plants, rising automation and production rates per person, rising costs for conventional energy and the growing efforts spent on environmental protection, the importance of education and the 'human factor' in the cement industry is most likely to grow.
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