1 Geological background and site
At Saalburg Quarry near Friedrichsdorf/Hesse, Germany, Early Devonian Taunus quartzite is extracted and processed into high-grade chippings, light-coloured road...
Over the six days of Bau, the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Architecture, Materials and Systems, which had long been fully booked, was attended by 251 200 visitors (over 16 000 more than in 2013). This handsome increase is not only ...
The construction of one of the biggest mono-line brick plants in Algeria for Argibordj, a company in the Guerrouache group, demonstrates Cleia’s capacity to financially and technically realize these...
The project has won the Fritz Höger Award for Brick Architecture 2014 in gold in the “Newcomer” category.
The jury judged: “A long white building built in brick lies idyllically between beach...
Since 1 January 2015, the European Ceramic Technology Suppliers (ECTS) working group has a new member. The French Cerinnov Group, a Limoges-based supplier of plants and machinery for the entire...
Following completion of the one-year test period – standard for Marcheluzzo for a new project – the Italian plant and machinery engineering company has now presented its installation at the Tizi...
Wienerberger AG today announced preliminary results for 2014. It was a very successful year for the Wienerberger Group: although the markets remained challenging, revenues reached an all-time high of...
“Is my organization ready for the fourth industrial revolution? That’s the big question that CEOs and plant managers are currently asking themselves,” remarked Dr. Jochen Köckler, Member of the...
For 2014, the clay-block-producing members of Deutsche Poroton generated sales of € 180 mill. In 2015 they are expecting € 195 mill. – that would correspond to an increase of 8%. ...
