Congratulations to Petrocem, which celebrated its 10th biennial conference & exhibition at the Astoria Hotel in St Petersburg, Russia, on 22-24 April. Petrocem was established in the spring 2000 by ‘Journal Cement and its Applications’ and has gone from strength to strength under the committed leadership of Liudmila German, to become the pre-eminent gathering of cement leaders from the Russian Federation and surrounding nations, attracting over 500 delegates for this major anniversary celebration.
In her opening address, Liudmila German, publisher of Journal Cement and Petrocem organiser, welcomed delegates with an overview of the event’s history, which has spanned a period of significant modernisation in the regional cement industry. Reflecting on the origins of the event, she also paid tribute to her late husband, Gregory German, whose memory remains a key inspiration.
