Issue 2/2020

For the roofing and façade company Komproment, sustainability, environmentally friendliness, and recycling have become a very prevalent and naturally accepted concept on a day-to-day basis. In the...

Craven Fawcett, the UK manufacturer of clay preparation machinery, has added a new model with higher throughput rates to its extruder line-up. In the new Centra extruder, the de-airing chamber allows...

The thermal battery specialist, EnergyNest will install a large thermal energy storage battery at the Austrian brick manufacturer Senftenbacher significantly reducing their fuel consumption.The...

With its 200-year history in brick manufacturing and 38 production plants, Ibstock plc is today one of the largest manufacturers of clay and concrete building products in the UK. The company employs ...

During roofing tile production, the machines and plants are subjected to high loads, abrasive ceramic dust and other impurities which impairs the service life of the components. Linear units in the ...

Ziegelwerke Leipfinger-Bader in Vatersdorf has acquired 100 % of the shares in the façade tile manufacturer Tonality in Weroth, which until the end of 2017 still operated on the market as Creaton‘s ...

Perhaps the biggest challenge facing us today is dealing with the coronavirus Covid-19. By the time you read my words, the situation will already be very different. Nobody knows what impact the ...

The manufacturing industry worldwide is grappling with the twin challenges of technological change along with economic and political uncertainty. With its keynote theme of Industrial Transformation,...

Following five years of growth, construction output amounted to nearly € 1 600 bill. in 2018, although there were considerable differences between the countries.Of the EC-15 countries, ten of them...

The transition to a more circular economy in which the value of products, materials and resources is maintained in the economy for as long as possible and the generation of waste minimized is ...

Mit Ihrer erfolgreichen Premiere hat die digitalBAU der Digitalisierung in der Baubranche einen kräftigen Schub verliehen. Vom 11. bis 13. Februar erzeugten mehr als 270 Aussteller und rund 10 000...

Since March 2020 Wienerberger Österreich GmbH has had a new managing director in Johann Marchner.Johann Marchner (52) has been responsible for the sales division since May 2019 and made a major...

1 BackgroundIn the relevant standards for all construction products for use outdoors (roofing tiles, masonry bricks, clay pavers as well as tiles and slabs), frost resistance is specified as a...

Rising cobalt prices are making dark glazes and engobes more expensive. The clay roofing tile industry is particularly affected, as these colours are very popular. In a glaze development, the...

In 2019, the August Lücking clay brickworks and concrete plant in Warburg-Bonenburg celebrated its 120th anniversary. In the anniversary year, Managing Partner Joachim Thater passed on responsibility...

Clay brick is a construction material with a long tradition. The further development of its product properties is the subject of a wide range of efforts. To confirm the sustainability of the...

The construction industry is lagging behind when it comes to digital change – and that has consequences: While the productivity of the German economy has risen by 11% in the last ten years, and in the...

Not so long ago, it was the tile industry, especially porcelain stoneware, which used digital printing machines to present its products with a variety of new looks. In the meantime, the facing brick...

Organizations have to contend with diverse sources of error, any of which may have catastrophic impacts under an adverse st of conditions. If such errors are to be recognized and their causes...