The Kick-Off meeting of the ANICA project was held in Darmstadt at the Technische Universität Darmstadt from 19th to 20th of November. Here, the consortium was introduced to each other, tasks in the different work packages clarified and the way forward discussed. Besides visiting the Pilot Plant in Darmstadt, the consortium also got the possibility to visit the Cement Plant in Gülheim of the Dyckerhoff GmbH.