Türkiye: Traçim Çimento has appointed Oguz Aydinc as Plant Director.

Aydinc started his career in the 1990s and spent 18 years working for Nuh Cimento, mostly in production roles. He then became a factory manager for Traçim Çimento in 2014. He has since worked for Traçim Çimento and Dinçer Çimento in managerial roles as well as for other companies. He recently held the position of Business Development Manager for Liomsi & AMC. Aydinc holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Middle East Technical University.

World: The Biennial Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories (UNITECR) has appointed Daniel Llaguno as its president. He succeeds Mauro Cueva who has resigned due to health issues. Llaguno was the vice-president of UNITECR 2025. He is also the CEO of NUTEC Group, a company that produces industrial heating products.

Jessica Fernández has been appointed as the vice-president of UNITECR 2025. She is the Administrative Vice President at Mexico-based WM Refractories and has worked for the company for over 20 years.

UNITECR 2025 will take place on 27 - 30 October 2025 in Cancun, Mexico.

US: FCT Combustion has appointed Rodrigo Araujo as Head of Business Unit (Americas). Araujo previously worked for Vale for 26 years in Brazil and Malaysia. His most recent role with the company was as General Manager of Decarbonization Technologies. He was also the CEO for Vale Malaysia Minerals from 2019 to 2022.

Peru: Cementos Pacasmayo has appointed Ely Hayashi as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with effect from 1 April 2025. She will succeed Manuel Ferreyros in the post, who has been CFO since 2008.

Hayashi has worked for Cementos Pacasmayo since 2005, when she started as a Management Control Analyst intern. She subsequently became Head of Management Control in 2011 and then the Central Manager of Finance and Management Control in 2022. She holds a degree in business administration from the Universidad del Pacífico in Lima and an International Master of Business Administration from the IE Business School.