It can take up to 20 years to obtain a permit for new quarry excavations. Raw materials are not just becoming scarce for geological reasons, but artificially scarce for political reasons, too....

Back on 19 April 2017, the CSR Directive Implementation Act (CSR-RUG) came into effect in Germany, with its publication, the EU directive on the disclosure of non-financial information was implemented...

For architects and design-savvy building owners, Wienerberger has come up with some innovative products. Working together with the design studio F. A. Porsche, the company has developed a new roofing...

This article is the abstract of a research project conducted over several years at Vienna University of Technology in cooperation with Wienerberger AG. Objectives of this research project and the...

In the scope of the Deutscher Ziegelpreis 2021, i.e. the German Brick Award, two main awards, five special awards and ten special recognitions have been presented for outstanding architecture in brick...

To strengthen Poroton’s executive board, Heidrun Keul, head of Strategic Marketing & Product Management at Wienerberger GmbH, has been elected as a new board member.“By sharing responsibilities, we...

At the competence center for 3D printing of ceramics in Hoehr-Grenzhausen, Germany, refractory molded parts are to be produced for the first time. For the preparation of the mixes, the university has...

Mineral carbonation, or mineral sequestration, of CO2 was proposed by Seiftriz in 1990 [3] as an equivalent process that occurs naturally from weathering of silicate rocks into carbonates in a...