We report an article published in the August issue of World Cement, page 7

Mr Sandro Buzzi (Italy) has been elected as President of CEMBUREAU for a two year term at the Association's General Assembly held on 15 June 2004 in Dublin, Ireland.
Mr Buzzi (below) is the Chairman and Chief Executive of Buzzi Unicem Group.
He belongs to the third generation of a hundred-year old family of cement makers. In the 1970s and 1980s, together with his three brothers, he developed a strong international presence particularly in the US and Mexico. Further to the acquisitions of Unicem in 1997 and Dyckerhoff in 2001-2002, he became the Chief Executive of Buzzi Unicem and Vice Chairman of Dyckerhoff AG. More recently, he has been appointed Chairman of the enlarged Group operating 46 cement plants, 42 terminals and 450 ready-mix plants in nine different countries.
Mr Buzzi was also President of AITEC, the Italian Cement Association, from 1989-1998.

Mr Paul Vanfrachem has been elected as Vice-President for a two year term. Mr Vanfrachem (Belgium) is a member of the Managing Board of the HeidelbergCement Group and the Chief Executive for HeidelbergCement Group activities in Western Europe, Asia, Africa and Turkey as well as for international trading activities.
Estonia and Slovenia joined the European Union Member States on 1 May 2004. At the same General Assembly, the cement producers in Estonia and Slovenia were welcomed as full CEMBUREAU members.