George Washington’s Mansion at Mount Vernon is one of the most famous houses from the 18th century in America. It is an American landmark that is very popular among visitors and a lasting memory of...
Beralmar, the Spanish plant engineering company, has successfully commissioned the new Astana Ceramic plant, on the outskirts of Astana, in Kazakhstan. Here, 350 t/day (30 mill. NF/year) of solid,...
Equipceramic S.A. has recently concluded a new contract with Brampton Brick, a world-leading company in the manufacture of facing bricks, located in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.Brampton Brick has a long...
As of 1 August, Sacmi has acquired 100 % ownership of Eurofilter, one of the leading providers of environmental services to the ceramic industry and other sectors.Sacmi has owned 20 % of the company...
Wienerberger AG, one of the leading building material producers in Central and Eastern Europe, steps up the pace of its growth course in Romania by expanding its current business and investing in...
This year’s 64th Brick Forum will again focus on the fundamentals and innovations of making clay brick.The opening session of the Forum which will be held in Anderson, South Carolina from October 1 to...
The annual Professors‘ Conference and Excursion organized by Ziegel Zentrum Süd e.V. was held from 12 to 15 July in the border triangle region with exciting projects from renowned firms of architects...
The Effizienz-Agentur (EFA) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia offers consultation on resource efficiency to companies to provide concrete support in identifying and utilizing material and...
This year’s General Meeting of the Association of Plant Managers in the Swiss Clay Brick and Stone Industry (SBZS) took place on 25/26 May. The Association members met in Germany this time. Before the...
With a workforce of 7 277 employees (+10 %) 148 companies generated a turnover of € 2.237 bill., a further 10.3 % increase on 2016.“This is the fifth year of steady growth …”, said Acimac’s Chairman...
According to the Euroconstruct forecast in June 2018, European construction will grow by 2.7 % this year – the pace slowing down clearly from last year (+3.9 %). The rise from the 2013 low has,...
On the initiative of the German Unipor Group, students at Darmstadt University of Technology (Hesse, Germany) and Delft University of Technology (Southern Netherlands) researched experimental and...
The strong growth of the Dutch construction industry was not reflected in the domestic sales of Dutch facing bricks in 2017 (-2%). Export sales were clearly positive at +17%. The total sales of clay...
This year’s annual meeting of Andil, the Italian Brick and Tile Association, was held on 6 July in Rome. The situation for the Italian brick and tile industry remains challenging.
On 1 July 2018 Benedetto Speroni joined the management of Keller HCW GmbH as the third Managing Director alongside Uwe Hartmann and Stefan Reichert.Benedetto Speroni started working at the Keller...
Wanka ion generators (WIGs) ensure optimal thermal conditions for all kinds of combustion processes. They enable efficient reduction of both fuel consumption and pollutant emissions.The...
The theoretical principles governing the energy consumption of counterflow kilns are explained and compared with the actual performance data of existing counterflow kilns. In addition, the advantages...
During opencast mining in the Rhenish lignite mining district, with the extraction of the coal, clays are also won from several-metres-thick and homogeneous mining horizons. The individual horizons...
Mercury is a neurotoxin and has several other negative health effects. Two of the larger emitters of mercury are coal-fired power plants and cement kilns. Since mercury emissions from these industries...
Suitable solutions are described for the homogenization process in the heavy clay industry and the specific features of various machines explained. Objective of the article is that ceramic...
