Finland: Coolbrook has appointed Frank Eulitz as its Chief Technology Officer.

Eulitz holds over 30 years of experience in industrial research and development, turbomachinery and academic research. Most recently, he worked as Professor and Head of the Turbomachinery & Propulsion Department at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics. Before that, he held management positions at Siemens Energy and MAN Energy Solutions.

Finland-based Coolbrook develops technologies to replace the use of fossil fuels in large processing industries including cement. Over the past 10 years, the company has developed the Roto Dynamic Reactor (RDR) and Roto Dynamic Heater (RDH). Both of these convert electrical power into thermal energy, in the form of high-temperature gas.

UK: The Mineral Products Association has appointed Sam Ghazizadeh as Technical Lead – Cement. He previously worked as a Materials Specialist for Mott MacDonald. Ghazizadeh holds a PhD in construction materials chemistry from University College London.

Germany: The German Cement Works Association (VDZ) has elected Dirk Spenner, Spenner Zement as its president. He succeeds Christian Knell, Heidelberg Materials, who has been in post since 2017. The board of the VDZ has also been preparing for a change in management at the organisation following the planned retirement of the current CEO Martin Schneider in November 2026. Manuel Mohr will become the new CEO of the VDZ. He is currently working as the Head of Political and Economic Affairs and the managing director of the InformationsZentrum Beton. He will lead the association together with Jörg Rickert, who will become Managing Director Technology. Rickert is currently the Managing Director VDZ Technology and Head of Cement Chemistry.

Finland: Tana has appointed Gerd Schreier as Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Channel Management. He will lead the company’s sales, marketing, and channel management functions. Schreier previously worked for Doppstadt and Liebherr. Olli Heinonen has also been appointed as Vice President, Product Marketing & Portfolio Strategy. He was previously working for Tana as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Before this, he held roles with Metso and AGCO Corporation.