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...
The Tammisto Electricity Substation site in Vantaa has served the Helsinki metropolitan area as a central power grid hub for decades. The oldest systems on the site needed modernisation to improve...
Adam Holzner, senior manager of Ziegelwerk Aubenham, passed away on 14 March 2025 at the age of 94. The third generation of his family to manage the brickworks, he ran it for almost 60 years.Adam...
It has become a good tradition for Güteschutz Ziegel Crimmitschau e.V. to offer an annual exchange of information for member plants and this exchange of experience is actively used by quality...
AbstractIn the industrial production of bricks and tiles, it is well known that the gas consumption required for firing the final product represents a significant cost and environmental concern....
BackgroundIn the ceramics industry, the tunnel kiln is the most commonly used type of kiln for making clay bricks and other ceramic products like stoneware, porcelain and ceramic sanitaryware. A...
