Dear readers,This issue of Brick and Tile Industry International brings together articles from all four corners of Europe. The cover object lies in Finland, the Italian ceramics association...
On June 29 and 30, the 28th Brickworks Museum Conference took place at the LWL-Museum Zeche Nachtigall. Around 20 participants came together to get to know the colliery, discuss the work of the...
At this year‘s ERLUS AG anniversary celebration for the Neufahrn and Ergoldsbach plants, 26 long-standing employees celebrated their company anniversaries. The German brick making company reported...
Santos Morte could hardly have imagined, on that morning of May 26, 1975, how far his dream would go when he opened a modest 70m² workshop, of which only 20m² were covered, in the village of Pradejón,...
The 2025 TBE Congress took place in Budapest, Hungary, on 5–6 June 2025, and was kindly hosted by MATÉSZ – Magyar Tégla És Tetöcserép Szövetség (Hungarian Brick and Roof Tile Association).TBE members,...
IntroductionThe extensive reduction or avoidance of CO2 emissions represents a technical and economic challenge for the brick and tile industry. Wienerberger, founded in 1819 and with more than 200...
Confindustria Ceramica, the association of Italian ceramics producers, presented statistical surveys for the year 2024 for companies active in the production of tiles and slabs, sanitary ceramics,...
The Spanish Association of Baked Clay Brick and Roof Tile Manufacturers (Hispalyt) presented at a press conference on 28 May 2025 the balance sheet of the structural ceramics sector for 2024, as well...
The pressure on the housing market remained unabated in 2024. Due to political stagnation but also high financing costs, personnel shortages and lengthy procedures, realizing 900,000 new housing units...
The year 2024 was marked by significant challenges for the Belgian construction sector. According to Embuild, the Belgian Construction Association, residential construction suffered a 7.3 percent drop...
