Issue 05/2013

The polarity between earth-coloured, seemingly monolithic bricks and an abstractly white interior is the striking feature of the newbuild that is...

The conical dies in the Evolution series are equipped with single or double outer brakes, each of which can be individually removed without the die...

The “Autonomous Region of Kurdistan” is an administrative entity of federal and autonomous northern Iraq. Iraqi Kurdistan is divided into six...

Briqueterie Souakri Frères has entrusted Equipceramic with the restructuring of its facilities in Eftah, Algeria. The main problem at this plant,...

The Belgian brick manufacturing company Briqueteries de Ploegsteert has equipped its factory with a Turbo II Modular Grinding Center and a Coriso...

Cleia, the French plant and machinery supplier, recently signed a contract with Almachrek brick co., part of Sahl Group Holding, to build a new brick...

Each year, some 160 million NF units come off the line at Leipfinger-Bader brickworks. Also each year, that costs the company over € 5 million for...

Do these words of Wilhelm O. Banditt, General Secretary of the Federal Association of the German Brick and Tile Industry in the 1960s, still ring true...

The Federal German Association of the Brick and Tile Industry Regd is holding the 20th International Conference “Brickmaking History/Brickmaking...

Over 300 architects, designers and construction companies learned about energy-optimized construction in the future at the Masonry Conference in

In Burghausen an „Efficiency House Plus“ included by Germany‘s Ministry of Building in its „Future Buildng“ research initiative is being built with...

The speakers at the Architecture Seminar held at Hagemeister Brickworks showed how brick architecture has made a significant contribution to building...

After 20 years, the members of the German ­Ceramic Society (DKG) met again at the Bauhaus University of Weimar from 18 – 20 March to hold their annual...

The eighth edition of “VORteile – Das Backstein Magazin, a magazine dedicated to brick architecture, presents the winning project as well as the...

With effect from 1 July 2013, Dr.-Ing. Christian Schäffer will take up the Professorship in General Ceramics and Building ­Ceramics at Koblenz...

The TBE annual meeting 2013 will take place in Moscow at the invitation of the Russian Association of Manufacturers of Ceramic Wall Materials, which...

Research project conducted by: Research Alliance of the Clay Brick and Tile Industry reg'd (FGZ) Project number AiF 16567 N Project funded by BMWi...

This contribution provides information on major methods of characterizing the frost resistance of ceramic building materials. Testing is performed...

Prior to designing any dryer and kiln layout, Lingl ­always conducts comprehensive raw material tests. This is the basis for high-quality products...

Modern control technology makes production processes more efficient and, with its integrated teleservice function, enables remote data monitoring and...

More and more companies are coming to realize the advantages of including the evaluation of individual risk factors in their overall risk assessment...