Issue 11/2012

The Lisbon-based architects Francisco and Manuel Aires Mateus have won the Brick Award in the category “Residential Building” with their Alcácer do...

Construction product manu­facturer Ziegelwerk Klosterbeuren has ­received certification according to DIN EN 16001 from TÜV Süd for its energy...

Sabo S.A. continues on its dynamic course of development by undertaking a series of new projects worldwide. In the first half of 2012, it was awarded...

Austral Bricks has just completed one of the largest facilities for manufacturing facing bricks in the Southern Hemisphere at its Wollert location,...

Along with more than 300 guests, including state and municipal politicians and business partners, the entire Juwö workforce plus past employees...

Over a year ago, Tondach Gleinstätten AG was awarded a contract for the supply of roofing material for the “Gornaya ­Carousel” Olympia project – one...

This year, Tiles and Bricks Europe – TBE celebrates the 60th anniversary of the association’s founding. Marking this occasion, European clay brick and...

Dr Joachim Uebel, Director of the KI Keramik-­Institut GmbH, Meissen, welcomed the more than 80 attendees with his observation that if the ­German...

Tecnargilla 2012, organized by Rimini Fiera and Acimac, has set a new record in the number of international visitors. According to the trade fair...

Since 2010 the equipment made by Rieter, the traditional German machine engineering company, has been built together with Morando equipment at Asti,...

Research project conducted by the Research Alliance of the Clay Brick and Tile Industry Regd (FGZ)Project numberAiF16424 N Project funded byBMWi...

This tripartite article describes the basic theory and practice of preparing energy and mass balances for dryers and kilns in the brick and tile...

1 Geological frame and location Since 1902 raw dolomite rock has been extracted from ­Grevenbrueck quarry and processed to high-quality raw materials...

On 26 September Sacmi held an Open Day attended by major international players in the clay brick and tile industry worldwide, from producers to...

Following a few years’ respite, the subject of respirable silica dust is back on the agenda of the Würzburg Brick and Tile Training Course. There are...

The current regulation on the electricity tax peak relief as stipulated in § 10 of electricity tax law will expire at the end of 2012. In the German...

The clay brick and roofing tile industry produces vertically perforated bricks whose structural properties make them some of the leading products...

At KI Keramik-Institut GmbH Meißen, lots of experience has been gathered in the study of defect patterns on industrially manufactured, glazed and...

Rieter’s DTP roofing tile accessory press has been used successfully for more than 30 years and is one of the market leaders in the production of...

Reducing emissions and the associated CO2 is an issue championed by the EU. It is becoming increasingly important to find the right answers to this...

Building rubble is made up of demolished structural concrete and masonry rubble. The latter is heterogeneous, i.e., it is made up of clay bricks,...

The requirement that energy management systems (EnMS) acc. to ISO 50001 be introduced stems from art. 41 of Germany‘s Renewable Energy Act. When the...

On European level, efforts are being made in the scope of work on international standards to define uniform requirements for the frost resistance of...

On February 29, 2012, the German federal cabinet enacted the country‘s new resource efficiency program (ProgRess). Due to its enormous consumption of...

The German power grid is subdivided into four main and three intermediate voltage levels. While the extra-high voltage system (or supergrid) and the...

Normally, natural gas serves as the source of energy for firing bricks and tiles. Since, how­ever, that energy option is once again becoming more...

Clay roofing tiles, clay pavers, facing bricks and clinkers have to be freeze/thaw resistant to permanently fulfil their intended structural...

Lippert is presenting the course of a project from the development of an appropriate drying curve to the design and engineering of a modern, fully...

This year’s Würzburg Brick and Tile Training Course will take place from 4 to 6 December. In the well-established manner, the course attendees will be...

Under the motto “Doing the right things”, the paper discusses the surface finishing of heavy clay products and the quality criteria necessary for...

This contribution describes the material aspect of the mineral phase composition and its effects on the ceramic­-technological properties of...

The paper presents a brief overview of the development of European product and design standards for clay masonry bricks, starting with the...

More and more companies are recognizing the benefits of evaluating the risks of individual hazards within the scope of a risk assessment. With such an...

Resource efficiency, recycling, and closing of material cycles – these new challenges will be faced by the clay brick and tile industry in the...

When, as a result of increasing energy prices, the costs incurred for the energy-intensive process steps of drying and firing rise, measures for...

European policy presently finds itself in a phase of reorientation; the revision of the EU Treaty in recent years was only the beginning. The program...

Rising requirements of customers for the quality of “brick” products mean for modern brickworks increasing efforts and consequently growing production...