On the right path

2014 started full of promising prospects for the Brazilian building sector, and this positive feeling has become stronger with time. The Federal Government programme “Minha Casa, Minha Vida”, currently in its second phase, has been responsible for the considerable expansion in brickmaking as well as for the development of the building industry. Performed in partnership with states, municipalities and non-profit entities, the programme has already contracted the construction of 2.24 mill. houses in the whole country, with the forecast of reaching the target of 2.75 mill. houses by the end of...

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The acceleration of the construction sector is motivating Brazil’s clay brick and tile industry to grow and improve. This goal brings together all the companies in the sector, even micro and small...

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Issue 10/2011 Royal Association of Dutch Clay Brick Manufacturers

2010 a difficult year for Dutch clay brick manufacturers

In 2010, the sales of facing bricks fell to a historic low. Although for the near future hope can be drawn from a slightly improving building sector economy and from the way in which the facing brick...

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Issue 03/2009 37th National Meeting of the Brazilian Ceramic Industry

The largest ceramic industry meeting in South America

The 37th National Meeting of the Red Ceramic Industry in Brazil, held from the 17th to 20th September 2008 in Salvador (State of Bahia), has set a new milestone in the history of this sector. The...

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Issue 9/2011

The clay brick and tile industry in Tunisia – a brief overview

On 28 June 2011 a seminar organized by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammen-arbeit (GIZ) in cooperation with the Association des Tunisiens Diplômés des Universités Allemandes...

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