For the first time, CEMROS specialists became finalists of the CASE-IN championship

A team of young specialists from CEMROS has reached the finals of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, one of the largest competitions for solving engineering cases.

The final of the XIV season of the championship was held from May 20 to 22 at NUST MISIS and brought together the strongest teams of students and young professionals from all over the country. For CEMROS, participation in the CASE-IN was his debut, and becoming one of the finalists was a landmark achievement.

The company's honor in the League of Young Specialists was defended by Denis Popov and Yuri Bulygin, heads of the energy equipment development department, as well as Maxim Sigin, shift supervisor of the production maintenance department at the Lipetsk branch of TSEMROs.

The team presented the project "Asset reassembly" to the expert jury.: how end-to-end technologies and ESG strategies shape business immunity in the era of sanctions" using the example of the Serebryansk Cement Plant.

The employees of CEMROSA noted that the competition was enormous. More than 100 teams of young specialists from dozens of major Russian companies took part in the qualifying stages. Only 16 of the strongest teams were allowed to participate in the face-to-face defense in Moscow.

According to the results of the final, dedicated to the theme of the season "Technologies of the Future", the CEMROS team took the 12th place, adequately representing the cement industry in front of the expert community.

The result is particularly valuable due to the fact that companies from the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes traditionally predominate among the participants of the CASE-IN. These are representatives of the energy industry, the oil and gas industry, metallurgy and the mining sector. For many experts of the championship, the cement industry has become a new direction.

"We showed our vision of the solution, and the jury noted our advanced ideas. At the same time, the level of competitive teams was very high – serious preparation, interesting solutions, and decent defense. Constructive feedback from the jury members was the main incentive for us to continue our work. Next year we will come back with new forces and fresh ideas to achieve more," said Yuri Bulygin, an expert on the TGV.

In addition to the competitive program, CEMROS took part in the career guidance site of the championship. Over three days, the CASE-IN career events brought together more than 1,200 students from 76 universities and over 50 regions of Russia, as well as young professionals from the BRICS and CIS countries.

Representatives of the holding told the participants about modern engineering professions in the cement industry, technological trends, internship programs and career opportunities at the company's enterprises.

Among the participants of the student league of the championship were students of the South Russian State Polytechnic University named after M.I. Platov from Novocherkassk. The guys are already familiar with the company CEMROS: last year they completed an internship at the Caucasian branch of the holding.

"For us, participating in the CASE-IN is much more than a competition. This is an opportunity to show young professionals and students that the cement industry today consists of modern technologies, large–scale production projects and extensive opportunities for professional development. It is especially gratifying that in the first year of participation, the CEMROS team was able to reach the finals, which confirms the high level of competence of our employees and their willingness to offer solutions that meet the challenges of the future. The career guidance component of the championship is equally important. Such platforms help us find talented young engineers, introduce them to the industry and form a talent pool for the holding's enterprises," emphasizes Sabina Frolova, Director of Personnel Management and Organizational Development at CEMROS.

The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is one of the world's largest engineering case–solving competitions and is supported by the Presidential Platform "Russia is a Land of Opportunity." In 2026, more than 6,000 people from 14 countries took part in the championship. The final brought together 208 student teams and dozens of teams of young professionals who solved real production tasks in 13 areas: from mining and metallurgy to digital automation and electric power industry.

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