Issue 01/2014

Situated right by the Vejle Fjord in Denmark, the sweeping shape of “The Wave” is a metaphor for the surrounding natural environment. Paraphrasing...

For many years now Keller HCW has been offering pupils and students the chance to carry out project work, internships or research for their thesis at...

T he Braas roof tile factory in Petershagen-Heisterholz inaugurated their new production facility for roof tile accessories on November 21, 2013. The...

The Spanish company Morte has sold the first four dies to Petrokeramika, based in Tosnesky near Leningrad. Petrokeramika manufactures around...

The Händle Company, based in Mühlacker, Germany, as one of the world‘s leading manufacturers of machines and equipment for the preparation and...

A 75th anniversary is a reason to be proud of the company’s history. Founded in 1938, the then very small enterprise has now become a plant and...

Talleres Felipe Verdés has launched its new Magna series of vacuum extruders. This is a natural evolution from the Combi line, which will be...

Promoting alternative energies in Germany is on principle a good idea. Under Germany’s Red-Green government, strong start-up funding was introduced,...

Brickmakers from Germany and neighbouring countries traditionally met for the Würzburg Brick and Tile Training Course in the first week of December.

The Ceramic Days 2013, organized by European ceramic industry association Cerame-Unie, took place in Brussels from 25 to 27 November and welcomed...

On October 1, 2013, the EU launched a three-year research project called Insysme – Innovative Systems for Earthquake Resistant Masonry Enclosures in...

Resource efficiency is a major concern in EU policy. The flagship initiative “Resource-Efficient Europe” was launched to support the transition to a...

Ralf Schwung, Managing Director at Wienerberger GmbH, has been elected to the Board of the German Society for Masonry and Housing Construction Regd...

At a meeting in Dresden on 10 December the Board of Güteschütz Ziegel e.V., a quality protection association for clay bricks and tiles, bid farewell...

Georg Wilhelm Freiherr von Frydag, Managing Director of Olfry-Ziegelwerke, celebrated his 70th birthday.

In January 2014 Ulrich Nelskamp (39) joined the management team at Dachziegelwerke Nelskamp, the clay roofing tile manufacturer

The founder of ECT GmbH, Frank Händle, has restructured his company for the future. With effect from 2 January 2014, Hans-Josef Berchtold, former...

MosBuild, one of the biggest Russian trade fairs for construction and interiors, will take place for the 20th time at the Expocentre and V.V.C. in...

Fanuc presented the first model to appear in their new series of palletizing robots. The just-out M-410iC has a maximum carrying capacity of 185 kg...

To solve a widely known problem, Bongioanni Stampi has developed a cooling system for cleaning the trimming blades in clay roofing tile presses....

The Roof+Timber International trade fair coming up in Cologne this February 18th through 21st is the branch’s prime venue in Europe. This is where...

The Extruder Simulation Model developed by Händle in the early 1990s has recently been modernized and optimized. This experiment-based computation...

This paper provides an insight into analysis methods with the use of scanning electron microscopy. The set-up and operating principle of the scanning...

The present contribution investigates electroosmotic means of reducing wall friction in auger extruders. The objective was to reduce body moisture...