Editorial

Ceramitec and Heavy Clay Day

Dear Readers, we are delighted to welcome you to this year’s Ceramitec.
This year we want you to join us and put your foot down to really get things speeding along! We challenge you to a thrilling car...

Technical Paper | Fachbeitrag

Heavy Clay Day

We are organizing the “Heavy Clay Day” for the second time, with talks by high-calibre speakers on the core theme of the “Conservation of Natural Resources and Energy Efficiency”. The focus of the...

Technical Paper | Fachbeitrag

Ceramitec: Technologies | Innovations | Materials

Technologies | Innovations | Materials – under this headline, exhibitors at Ceramitec 2012 will be showcasing their new products and services. In this second part of our preview report, we present...

Interview

Dr.-Ing. Ullrich Knüpfer – new IZF Institute Director

Zi: Now, around two years after the sudden death of Dr.- Ing. Karsten Junge, you are the new Institute Director at the IZF. The sector has been eagerly awaiting your appointment as with the death of...

Company Profiles | Werksbeschreibung

Braer Brickworks in Tula produces with state-of-the-art equipment

1 Introduction
The town of Tula is located approx. 200 km south of Moscow and has a long and colourful history. It was mentioned for the first time in 1146, making it older than Moscow, the Russian...

Report | Reportage

The specialist for soft mud presses and more – De Boer Machines Nederland B.V.

1 Introduction
When Gerrit de Boer founded his own company in 1936, he could hardly have guessed that, in the span of 75 years, his little workshop would evolve into one of the world‘s best-known...

Technical Paper | Fachbeitrag

Firing technology for energy-rich raw materials

1 Project definition
The sought-after characteristics of porous backing bricks, such as low body density and high heat insulation, are achieved for instance with the addition of porosity-enhancing...

Company News | Firmennachrichten

80 years of Wendel’s values

Wendel GmbH Email- und Glasurenfabrik, an enamel and glazes factory based in Dillenburg, Germany, is looking forward to the very eventful months ahead. From 22nd to 25th May, Wendel’s ceramics...

Company News | Firmennachrichten

Thermoplan converts wet side and setting station at Wienerberger plants in Malsch and Bad Neustadt

Winter before last (2010/2011), the setting installation at Wienerberger‘s Malsch facility was completely rebuilt, and a total of three unloaders/handover grabs were replaced with a robot. The...

Company News | Firmennachrichten

New DecoCircle slip cutter to be introduced in summer

At Ceramitec 2009, Deco-
Machines.com successfully introduced the new DecoBasic slip- and slip return cutter onto the market. Following this, DecoMachines.com started the R&D for the new line of...

Editorial

Ceramitec and Heavy Clay Day

Technical Paper | Fachbeitrag

Heavy Clay Day

Technical Paper | Fachbeitrag

Ceramitec: Technologies | Innovations | Materials

Interview

Dr.-Ing. Ullrich Knüpfer – new IZF Institute Director

Company Profiles | Werksbeschreibung

Braer Brickworks in Tula produces with state-of-the-art equipment

Report | Reportage

The specialist for soft mud presses and more – De Boer Machines Nederland B.V.

Technical Paper | Fachbeitrag

Firing technology for energy-rich raw materials

Company News | Firmennachrichten

80 years of Wendel’s values

Company News | Firmennachrichten

Thermoplan converts wet side and setting station at Wienerberger plants in Malsch and Bad Neustadt

Company News | Firmennachrichten

New DecoCircle slip cutter to be introduced in summer

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