In an unusual place, a building also needs an unusual design. Following this guiding principle, a new visitor centre was built on the banks of Lake Edersee according to the plans of architect...
The 26th Eurosymposium of the KI Keramik-Institut GmbH took place in Meissen, Germany, on 6 and 7 September 2023 in bright September sunshine. Almost 100 participants gathered at the Hotel Burgkeller...
The traditional IZF seminar took place again this year at the Institute for Brick and Tile Research in Essen e. V. (IZF). Around 50 experts from the brick and tile industry and their suppliers took...
According to a notification dated 11 octobre 2023 by SACMI, Cemacon, a Romanian brick producer, recently inaugurated a brand-new plant with SACMI technology for the production of wall-lining brick...
As Wienerberger announced in a press release on 9 November 2023, the group was able to build on the good performance of the first two quarters. The company achieved a strong result compared to its...
The insolvency in which the Krumbach-based mechanical engineering company Lingl Anlagenbau GmbH finds itself is unusual. As the company explains, the fact that the application had to be filed with the...
On September 28, 2023, Mühlacker-based Händle GmbH Maschinen und Anlagenbau took over the medium-sized companies Gép-Ber and Kerámiagép, both based in Békéscsaba (Hungary).Founded in 1907, Gép-Ber and...
In the brick industry, hydrogen is considered a key energy to achieve the legal requirements for climate neutrality in 2045.Hagemeister is already working together with the Institut für...
Dear readers,A few days before we took this issue to the printers, the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action presented the federal government’s plans for the hydrogen core network....
“The best age is - now”, said Dipl.-Geologe Holger Kreth, head of the laboratory, on the day of honour. In a small ceremony, the employees commemorated the long and eventful history of the company...
Röben has built a second clinker plant at the site of its American subsidiary Triangle Brick in Clay County, Texas. There, near Henrietta and around 150 kilometres northwest of Dallas, a first clinker...
Joachim Deppisch is a household name to most of the regulars at the Würzburger Ziegellehrgang (WZL). Since 1997, he has been organising the most important annual meeting of the German brick and tile...
ceramitec will take place again at the Messe München exhibition centre in April 2024. Brick and Tile Industry International had the opportunity to talk to the ceramitec 2024 Exhibition Director,...
Johan Deburchgrave takes over from Rudi Peeters as CEO of Vandersanden, Europe’s largest brick-producing family-owned company. Deburchgrave, currently Chief Strategy Officer at Unilin Group, will take...
The Institute for Brick Research Essen e. V. (IZF), which was founded in Essen in 1952, has a new director, Dr. Rigo Giese, since 1 September 2023. His predecessor, Ms Annette Ilg, will support him as...
Like almost all branches of industry, the ceramics industry is also affected to a large extent by energy price increases. Especially in kilns with long travel times, energy consumption plays a not...
Today, too, there are still regions in Germany where there are not enough jobs to give their inhabitants a living wage. Although, unlike in the time that we are addressing in the following, social...
Many production processes today would be unthinkable without the use of process additives. These are added both to improve quality and lower energy costs – this opens up interesting potential...
