Masterly stripped down to essentials – four walls and a roof, Haus Sechzehn A in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, evokes the original idea of a house. An archaic-looking brick facade underscores the...
As part of its ongoing portfolio optimization and strategic focus on higher-margin growth markets, the Wienerberger Group is selling its Swiss subsidiary ZZ Wancor AG to swisspor Group in the form of...
In cooperation with SEW, Keller HCW has completely revised its previous cutter technology to meet the future requirements. SEW converters of the Movi-C generation are used for the new development of...
“We wanted to develop a waterstruck brick that enables resource-saving, economical and efficient use in prefabricated construction,” explains Bernd Deppe, advisor for architects in Germany and...
Beralmar has supplied a setting and dehacking line for the IGM Stražilovo block plant in Sremski Karlovci (Serbia), which forms part of the Nexe Group.Beralmar, the Spanish plant engineering company,...
Here it is, our first issue of ZI Brick and Tile Industry International!We are Silvio Schade (left) and Wolfgang Deil, the two newbies. With the last issue of the year 2020, we are taking over from...
On account of Corona, this year’s TBE General Assembly (Tiles and Bricks Europe) was held as a virtual event at the end of September 2020. Miroslaw Jaroszewicz was re-elected President for the term...
At its general meeting in September 2020, the Federal Association of the German Brick and Tile Industry announced the drawing up of a roadmap to climate neutrality by 2050, setting the course for more...
More than 50 participants from Germany and a few neighbour countries attended the IZF seminar on the key topic “Brick products – from production to application”
For the first time in its 66-year history, the Clemson Brick Forum (CBF) was not held in its traditional style in Anderson, South Carolina/USA, at the beginning of October. Out of concern for the...
Jochen Reinders is the new sales manager for the German market at Laumans, the roofing tile manufacturer. The 51-year-old latterly worked as sales manager at a well-known manufacturer of roof windows...
On the occasion of the 100-year anniversary of Iphigenie Bergbau GmbH in October 2020, Gerold Marondel passed on the company, founded in 1920 as Gewerkschaft Iphigenie, to the new shareholders...
Heinz Gillrath celebrated his 70th birthday back in March 2020. Unfortunately, the planned big birthday celebration had to be cancelled on account of the Corona pandemic. The 70-year-old continues to...
Until the next Tecnargilla will be held from 27th of September to 01st of October 2021 in Rimini, the event has consequently been transformed into an interactive virtual platform, announced the...
BAU will take place in 2021 as a digital format. At BAU Online exhibitors can showcase their innovations between January 13 and 15, and present themselves to a global audience.On September 30, 2020,...
Ziegelwerke Leipfinger-Bader (Lower Bavaria) is, according to the manufacturer, the first German brickworks to guarantee recycling for its solid masonry clay bricks and blocks. For many years now, the...
Unprecedented accuracy and reliability in the non-destructive testing of ceramics is offered by Sonotec, according to the supplier, with a new system of non-contact ultrasonic inspection. The Sonoair...
Process or compressed air is the most expensive form of energy for physical reasons. There is no compressed air without heat. In view of the long operating times of compressors, it is particularly...
In a collaborative project between the Gas-Wärmeinstitut (GWI – Gas and Thermal Research Institute), the Institut für Ziegelforschung (IZF – Brick and Tile Research Institute), the company Lingl and...
Gas-fired microturbines (GMTs) have proven effective as cogeneration systems in the clay brick and tile industry. On the road map towards CO2-free production of bricks up to 2050 [1], they can help...
The “Rising Star School” project by Engineers Without Borders shows that voluntary development aid and outstanding brick architecture certainly work well together. In 2019, the building designed by...
