Issue 1-2/2012

In 2007 a fire destroyed the barn at Goinger Farm in Kitzbuehel; the barn had housed holiday apartments. The barn was rebuilt and given a...

During a visit to Japan, Jörn Böke, Sales Manager at Burton, handed over a cheque for a 500 € donation to the Japanese company Takasago. Jörn Böke...

S taudacher Brickworks in Balzhausen, part of the Thermopor Group, has responded early to the growing requirements for the thermal insulation of...

The TCKI laboratory tests and analyses masonry bricks, roof tiles and clay pavers, drain and sewage pipes, and ceramic wall and floor tiles, all in...

Elster Kromschröder has expanded its proven BIO/ZIO and BIC/ZIC burner ranges with the inclusion of insulation inside the housing for preheated...

The sustained upswing in Germany‘s housing sector has been a boon for Unipor-Ziegel-Gruppe and its 11 member companies (15 locations): This network...

Cleia is building an ultra-modern clay roofing tile factory in Portugal for the company CS-Coelho da Silva. This is one of the first major...

In 2008, Pabrik Genteng Keramik “ Good Year ” in Surabaya, Indonesia, decided to build a tunnel kiln in cooperation with Keller HCW GmbH. Pabrik...

In 2009, Fapro, an Algerian company operating in the plastics industry, acquired a brick factory situated in the suburbs of Oran and contracted Ceric...

Limited visibility: a term companies are now using in their annual reports to indicate that it is still hard to predict the future. A glance at the...

The Architecture Forum, for the first time jointly organized by the journals Zi Brick and Tile Industry International and DBZ Deutsche BauZeitschrift...

Founded in June 2011 in Linz, Austria‘s new solar home initiative, “Initiative Sonnenhaus Österreich”, sees itself as an independent competence...

A t the Museumsquartier Wien in Vienna last November 10, people from the industry, scientific circles and the training sector, as well as interested...

Representing the ceramic plant and equipment manufacturers of Europe, the VDMA working group ECTS (European Ceramic Technology Suppliers) is actively...

Clay brick entrepreneur Kastulus Bader (71) was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class, in Munich on 28 November.

A t an event organized by Ernst & Young on 7 December at the Athens Concert Hall, Dimitris Koiliaris, Deputy Chairman and CEO of Sabo S.A, was named...

Aaron Potter has been promoted to Engineering Manager for Innovative Processing Solutions. Potter graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in...

Ceramitec 2012 has entered into a close cooperation with the 10th CMCEE “ International Symposium on Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and...

Covering-type thin-bed mortar makes masonry more efficient

P anel and cooling systems are a sensible alternative to conventional heating systems. With the new “Unitherm” panel heating system, the clay brick...

In response to the global scarcity of raw materials, the Federal German government has launched a national resource efficiency programme. Goal of...

The term sustainability counts among today‘s most definitive topics. For years now, there has been intensifying debate over sustainably viable...

When people get to talking about how brickmaking evolved from a trade to an industry, the likes of Friedrich Hoffmann, Carl Schlickeysen, Georg...