The brick and tile industry is facing major challenges: Energy efficiency, sustainability and the careful use of resources require future-proof solutions.IAB-TAGE Baustoffe 2026 is dedicated to these...
With the founding of Steinwerke Feuerfest Karl Albert in Vogelbeck near Göttingen in 1950, the success story of the now globally active Refratechnik Group, now headquartered in Munich, began.In 2025,...
This year’s annual conference of the Federal Association of the German Brick and Tile Industry took place in beautiful Leipzig on 2 and 3 July 2025. Over 80 participants from all over Germany came...
The German brick and tile industry experienced another challenging year in 2024. This follows the general situation in the construction industry, which is also at a long-term low. The decline in...
According to a press release dated 29 July 2025, KELLER HCW, a supplier of turnkey plants, machinery and equipment for the heavy clay industry based in Ibbenbüren-Laggenbeck, intends to strategically...
‘Clay - Stone of the Year 2025’/‘25 Years of KI Keramik-Institut GmbH’: This is the title of the 28th Eurosymposium on 10 and 11 September 2025 in Meissen, organised by the Keramik-Institut. The...
The use of EPD is growing in the construction industry, both in the EU and beyond. This increase is being driven by both new legal requirements and the proliferation of voluntary EPD schemes. On 28...
International platform for high-performance ceramics and future technologies
With a new focus, a high level of international exhibitor participation, and a clear focus on future topics, ceramitec will open its doors at the Munich exhibition center from March 24 to 26, 2026. It...
According to a press release from 12 March 2025, Wienerberger UK & Ireland is the latest company to sign a deal with The Pallet LOOP, the circular economy pallet reuse scheme for the construction...
The ongoing revision of the Ceramics Best Available Techniques Reference Document (CER BREF) under the EU Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) represents a defining moment for the European ceramic...
