Issue 04/2025

On June 29 and 30, the 28th Brickworks Museum Conference took place at the LWL-Museum Zeche Nachtigall. Around 20 participants came together to get to know the colliery, discuss the work of the...

With the founding of Steinwerke Feuerfest Karl Albert in Vogelbeck near Göttingen in 1950, the success story of the now globally active Refratechnik Group, now headquartered in Munich, began.In 2025,...

Santos Morte could hardly have imagined, on that morning of May 26, 1975, how far his dream would go when he opened a modest 70m² workshop, of which only 20m² were covered, in the village of Pradejón,...

At this year‘s ERLUS AG anniversary celebration for the Neufahrn and Ergoldsbach plants, 26 long-standing employees celebrated their company anniversaries. The German brick making company reported...

Dear readers,This issue of Brick and Tile Industry International brings together articles from all four corners of Europe. The cover object lies in Finland, the Italian ceramics association...

It has become a good tradition for Güteschutz Ziegel Crimmitschau e.V. to offer an annual exchange of information for member plants and this exchange of experience is actively used by quality...

This year’s annual conference of the Federal Association of the German Brick and Tile Industry took place in beautiful Leipzig on 2 and 3 July 2025. Over 80 participants from all over Germany came...

The German brick and tile industry experienced another challenging year in 2024. This follows the general situation in the construction industry, which is also at a long-term low. The decline in...

The year 2024 was marked by significant challenges for the Belgian construction sector. According to Embuild, the Belgian Construction Association, residential construction suffered a 7.3 percent drop...

The pressure on the housing market remained unabated in 2024. Due to political stagnation but also high financing costs, personnel shortages and lengthy procedures, realizing 900,000 new housing units...

The Spanish Association of Baked Clay Brick and Roof Tile Manufacturers (Hispalyt) presented at a press conference on 28 May 2025 the balance sheet of the structural ceramics sector for 2024, as well...

Confindustria Ceramica, the association of Italian ceramics producers, presented statistical surveys for the year 2024 for companies active in the production of tiles and slabs, sanitary ceramics,...

Adam Holzner, senior manager of Ziegelwerk Aubenham, passed away on 14 March 2025 at the age of 94. The third generation of his family to manage the brickworks, he ran it for almost 60 years.Adam...

The Tammisto Electricity Substation site in Vantaa has served the Helsinki metropolitan area as a central power grid hub for decades. The oldest systems on the site needed modernisation to improve...

‘Clay - Stone of the Year 2025’/‘25 Years of KI Keramik-Institut GmbH’: This is the title of the 28th Eurosymposium on 10 and 11 September 2025 in Meissen, organised by the Keramik-Institut.The...

With a new focus, a high level of international exhibitor participation, and a clear focus on future topics, ceramitec will open its doors at the Munich exhibition center from March 24 to 26, 2026. It...

The brick and tile industry is facing major challenges: Energy efficiency, sustainability and the careful use of resources require future-proof solutions.IAB-TAGE Baustoffe 2026 is dedicated to these...

BackgroundIn the ceramics industry, the tunnel kiln is the most commonly used type of kiln for making clay bricks and other ceramic products like stoneware, porcelain and ceramic sanitaryware. A...

AbstractIn the industrial production of bricks and tiles, it is well known that the gas consumption required for firing the final product represents a significant cost and environmental concern....

IntroductionThe extensive reduction or avoidance of CO2 emissions represents a technical and economic challenge for the brick and tile industry. Wienerberger, founded in 1819 and with more than 200...