The initiative marks a significant step toward building a skilled workforce to support operational excellence and sustainability in the cement sector.
FLSmidth Cement is now known as Fuller technologies. Fuller Institute, which provides tailored and standard technical training to customers around the world, has announced a new partnership with India’s second largest cement manufacturer, Adani Cement. The new agreement, which launched in July 2025, will see 450 graduate and diploma engineers across nine groups receive technical training in cement plant operations, maintenance and quality control.
Skills training supports sustainability goals
Skills development is critical to the success of cement operations, which are facing a global skills shortage as veteran workers retire, and fewer young people pursue careers in the cement industry. Even though plant processes are becoming increasingly automated, skilled personnel are essential to ensuring reliability, availability and efficiency – all of which have an important role to play in cement’s low-carbon future. Training, particularly from experienced field engineers offering hands-on learning experiences, gives new engineers the opportunity to develop their understanding of core processes, connect ideas and improve engagement, increasing the likelihood that they will stay in the industry long-term.
In-person and online opportunities
The Fuller Institute runs in-person and online training courses for cement plants around the world. Some of these are carried out in partnership with major cement players, such as Adani Cement, but individual plants can also call on Fuller Institute services to upskill employees. The online certification, CementPro, takes cement plant employees through tailored process, mechanical and automation themed modules to increase skills levels at cement plants and raise productivity, efficiency and quality standards.
One session down, more to go
Adani Cement began their sessions with a 6-day mechanical maintenance course at ACC Wadi, where 96 engineers got hands-on training from our most experienced engineers, with decades of cement plant experience between them. Feedback from both Adani Cement’s leadership team and from the young engineers who took part in the training has been overwhelmingly positive, praising the ‘depth of knowledge shared’ and the ‘enriching’, ‘insightful and engaging’ training. The partnership will continue with further sessions in Q4 2025 and beyond. Long-term programmes like this have proven impact on cement plants’ KPIs. This level of investment in skills training is both an indicator of Adani Cement’s faith in the Fuller Institute and their commitment to their teams’ professional development.