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Closing deadline for registrations is 13.10.2025


Learning objectives

  • To provide you with basic knowledge of all the relevant aspects of the entire value chain of the cement manufacturing process and the use of cement in modern concretes
     

Target groups

  • Career starters
  • University graduates
  • Recently recruited plant engineers
     

Topics

  • Raw materials and their handling
  • Clinker production
    • Main components of modern rotary kiln plants
    • Alternative materials and fuels
    • Burning conditions and their impacts on clinker properties
  • Chemistry and mineralogy
    • Clinker formation and clinker phases
    • Hydration of cement
  • Cement production
    • Grinding technology
    • Common and future grinding systems
    • Particle size distribution and product quality
  • Standardisation and quality assurance of cement
  • Concrete technology
    • Mortar and concrete characteristics
    • Strength and durability of concrete
    • Role of admixtures in modern concrete production
  • Environmental topics
    • Energy consumption
    • Environmental measurement technology
    • Emission abatement
       

Time schedule of the seminar

  • Start: Monday 27.10.2025: 12:30 CET
  • End: Friday, 31.10.2025: 14:00 CET
     

Location

Düsseldorf
 

Seminar fee

2,900.00 Euro per person
 

Further details

The seminar is conducted by experienced engineers and scientists from the fields of process, environmental and concrete technology as well as quality assurance and cement chemistry, who convey their knowledge in a practice- and target group-oriented manner.

The exchange of opinions and experience between participants is an important part of the seminar. A joint evening event offers you the opportunity for an informal exchange of acquired knowledge.

A visit to a modern cement plant is offered.

After completion the participants will receive a certificate of attendance.

How to get to the event location.

VDZ
Toulouser Allee 71
40476 Düsseldorf
Germany

GPS: 51°15’00.5‘‘ N / 6°47’32.6‘‘ O

From DUS Airport

6 minutes
You can use two train stations, 
1.) the long-distance train station "Duesseldorf Flughafen", which also serves local traffic and can be reached from the terminal via SkyTrain, or 2.) the suburban train station "Duesseldorf Flughafen Terminal" in the basement of the terminal. From the long-distance station, please take line S1 (direction Solingen). From the terminal S-Bahn station please take line S11 (direction Bergisch Gladbach). In both cases please get off at the stop "Duesseldorf-Derendorf". If you do not have a valid rail ticket with City Option or similar, you will need an "EinzelTicket Erwachsener" (single adult ticket) at price level A3 (also valid on the SkyTrain). It is available online (https://vdz.info/aptr) and at local DB or VRR ticket machines.

12 minutes
by taxi

From Central Station

6 minutes
Take the S 1 in the direction of Duisburg or Dortmund;
You can also take the S 6 in the direction of Essen or
the S 11 in the direction of „Duesseldorf Airport Terminal“;
in each case as far as the „Duesseldorf-Derendorf“ stop

15 minutes
by taxi

Arrival by car

Please note: 
The only reasonable way to reach us by car is from the north via the B1 (Heinrich-Erhardt-Straße). From there, you can turn towards the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf (HSD) into Toulouser Allee and follow this street for about 500 m until you reach the entrance on the south side of the VDZ building (Toulouser Allee 71, 40476 Düsseldorf).

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2.900,- € per participant

Closing deadline for registrations is 13.10.2025

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„Crash Course on Cement Production and Use“
27.10. - 31.10.2025

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Person to contact

Do you have questions regarding this course?

Julia Volchkova

+49-211-45 78-402
training@vdz-online.de

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