Issue 12/2011

With a simple gesture, the dynamics of the volumes of this monolithic structure are evolved. As a result of the subtraction of the building mass,...

The “Project Iraq” exhibition, held between 19 and 22 September 2011, attracted many leading companies and professionals from all over the world. The...

With this innovation, the cutting tools can be prepared for the next production run outside of the multi-wire cutter. A computer-linked laser tracks...

With a brief review of the history of the Stephan Schmidt Group, Managing Director Günther Schmidt welcomed his guests to the company’s Hasenberg site...

2010 was a very significant year for Talleres Felipe Verdés. Working to full capacity in sales and production and with new projects, this 100-year-old...

At the end of a four-year planning and licensing period, Hubert Gerharz GmbH in Ransbach-Baumbach has successfully expanded their “Mehl” clay pit in...

In the beginning of this year Lingl successfully completed the hand-over of the new Measham plant to Hanson Building Products PLC. This facility is...

Under this banner, we, that is “Zi Brick and Tile Industry International” and our sister publication “DBZ Deutsche BauZeitschrift”, are joining forces...

Dr.-Ing. Joachim Uebel, KI Keramik-Institut GmbH, welcomed the around 80 attendees to the 16th Eurosymposium, the focus of which was “Competitive...

Gebr. Laumans GmbH & Co.­ KG has been making clay roofing tiles in Brüggen-Bracht in the Lower Rhine region of Germany since 1896. In 1911, 100 years...

The German construction equipment and building material machinery sector‘s nearly 18-month recovery phase appears to be over. Nevertheless, present...

Research project conducted by the Research Alliance of the Clay Brick and Tile Industry Regd. (FGZ) Project number AiF 15211 N Project funded by BMWi...

Münstermann has developed and manufactured equipment for the refractories industry for quite some time now. One current material handling project is a...

One of the main requirements for industrial production methods is to turn out products with reproducible physical quality parameters. For ceramic...

The article describes the assessment and optimization of a clay from a new quarry owned by an Egyptian company as a raw material for the manufacture...

This year’s general assembly took place in brilliant sunshine on the “Island of the Gods”. The Cyprus Ceramic Association, as one of the new TBE...

The motto of this year‘s Clemson Brick Forum was “Back to the Basics“. The program included a new item called Forum Bingo. At most vendors‘ booths,...

At this year’s Professors’ Conference at Ziegel Zentrum Süd e.V. (ZZS) speakers and delegates addressed the consequences of the dramatic energy...