Issue 10/2013

Like the nose of a sphinx, a projecting tower is the striking feature of Beverwijk Town Hall. As the central structure in the redevelopment of the...

W ith the installation of a brick filling system at its Reetz site, Röben Tonbaustoffe GmbH is responding to the increased demand for highly...

Sibirskiy Element, a company based in Krasnoyarsk, Central Russia, has concluded an agreement with Equipceramic for the supply of a new cutter line as...

In the course of the next few months, brick and block producer Schlagmann Poroton will be putting up a “brick research and development centre” at...

W ith the acceptance of the production facility for backing bricks of OAO Pobeda LSR, another large-scale Lingl project has gone into production in...

With the realization of an innovative project, the Chirino family has responded to the growing demand for building materials in Argentina. A...

The acceleration of the construction sector is motivating Brazil’s clay brick and tile industry to grow and improve. This goal brings together all the...

Since January this year Dr Jochen Nippel (PhD) has managed the business of the Keller Division (Keller HCW GmbH and morando S.R.L.) in the Groupe...

2012, the first year in a new era of the KNB, the Dutch Association of the Clay Brick and Tile Industry, was a year of many positives with many events...

Effective August 31, Dominic Späth has ended his long standing, successful work as managing director of Wienerberger GmbH and is retiring from the...

At the first half-yearly meeting of the ECTS, held at De Boer Machines Nederland, Dries van ­Hapert, Managing Director of the host company, was...

Due to the fact that demand for cemented masonry has been expanding in recent years, Rimatem GmbH, as a producer of prefab masonry units, has...

Elster Kromschröder announces the launch of a new smart burner control unit with a compact design which integrates varied control and protection...

The first report about the newly engineered type-E 25 extruder with barrel diameters of 200 mm and 250 mm appeared in Zi Annual 2011. Now, just last...

ibea is offering a new version of their practice-proven inspection system for the brick and tile Industry. “Brick Inspector II” can be used for...

In order to achieve sustained success, companies must be able to quickly turn new ideas into marketable products. This is essential for survival,...

With the promulgation of DIN EN 1996-1-2/NA (national annex), the Eurocode 6 of standards pertaining to masonry construction is now complete. A few...

1 Geological background and site Since 1952 diabase has been extracted at Huneberg Quarry and processed to high-quality aggregate and building...