Urban developmentThe Grote Markt is the largest and oldest square in Groningen, a centre in the urban fabric used for markets and numerous special events.Its historic urban layout has been largely...
The brick manufacturer Ziegelwerke Otto Bergmann GmbH from North Rhine-Westphalia ceased production of bricks at the turn of the year 2022/2023. Production at the Steinheim site was taken over by...
The Wienerberger Group wants to acquire parts of Terreal, a European supplier of products for the renovation and refurbishment of roofs. Creaton, one of the largest manufacturers of clay roof tiles in...
The goal of climate neutrality by 2045 affects energy-intensive industries in particular. The ceramics industry currently still uses fossil fuels almost exclusively for drying and firing its products....
Almost a whole year has passed since the outbreak of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, which violated international law. A year that many had associated with the hope of normality after the...
The predominantly medium-sized brick and tile industry in Germany is massively dependent on natural gas. The kilns are supplied with this energy source and cannot be converted in the short term. We...
On 18 October 2022, the workshop „Intermittent microwave drying for the brick industry“ took place at the Materials Research and Testing Institute at the Bauhaus University in Weimar (MFPA) in...
The joy of reunion was written all over the faces of the participants. After a two-year hiatus, the Würzburg brickmaking course could take place again. More than 200 industry experts from...
The heart of every brickworks is the kiln. It has now gone cold and production has stopped. Such was the demand for bricks last year that planned shutdowns at most brickworks did not happen. Now the...
The Brick Award is an internationally re-known architectural prize that honors innovative brick architecture. The submitted projects show how versatile, energy efficient and creative ceramic products...
According to a press release from Deutsche Poroton, the entire executive committee was unanimously re-elected and the management confirmed at the annual members’ meeting on 10 November in Hanover.With...
The Güteschutz Ziegel Süd e.V. (Association for brick quality control south) mourns the death of its former Managing Director of many years, Heinrich Marx, who passed away on 30 November 2022, shortly...
On 17 December 2022, Dipl.-Ing. Karl-Heinz Brakemeier, founder and former Managing Director of Keratek, Hohenhameln, celebrated his 80th birthday. Many people know him as a long-standing board member...
Joachim Korsukéwitz, long-time chairman of the Northwest Brick and Tile Industry Association and the Institute for Brick Research (IZF), passed away on 19 November 2022 at the age of 106.Joachim...
The Federal Association of the German Brick and Tile Industry mourns the death of its Honorary President Ernst August Bäumer, who passed away on 14 December 2022 at the age of 100. For two decades,...
On 1 January 2023, Dr Christoph Riemer took over as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zschimmer & Schwarz Chemie GmbH, a global supplier of chemical auxiliaries. Together with Chief Financial Officer...
Gas supply and furnace atmosphere safely under controlFor precise control of the gas atmosphere in hardening furnaces, the use of mass flow controllers (MFC) is state of the art. However, such heat...
The main condition and obstacle for the recyclability of bricks is the separation of construction waste by type. In particular, mortars and plasters that adhere strongly to the bricks pose a problem....
Beech wood fibres are to be used in the future as a component of climate-friendly brick insulation materials. The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) is funding the construction of a pilot...
AbstractIn the work presented, we investigate what influence the increasing addition of clay brick scrap and concrete rubble has on the setting behaviour and material properties of fly-ash-based...
Abstract: The Nuremberg University of Applied Sciences has recently started offering dual study models for ceramic engineers in the Faculty of Materials Engineering, which enable companies to actively...
