In 2013 Direxa Engineering installed a modern brick plant for the Incerpaz Group in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. “Ceramica Estructural” is the first fully automatic production line for the...
Laminados de Barro S.A. (Labasa), a leading manufacturer of clay roofing tiles and other ceramic products, recently completed an extensive reconstruction and upgrade of the whole drying process for...
Continuing its policy focused on offering innovative products that enhance productivity and profitability of its customers, Morte is launching its die-washing machine.
Designed to clean any die...
1 Introduction
“Stoom Pannen- en Steenfabriek de Rijswaard” was founded in 1900 as one of many brickworks in this region at the time. In all the years since, the company has always updated its...
1 Introduction
Nanotechnology and nanopowders have become very popular terms today. There is, however, one raw material that has been used for thousands of years and whose special properties are...
4 Expansion and shrinkage processes
In a tunnel kiln firing process for heavy clay products, there should be no mutual contact between the wares to be fired, and all exposed surfaces within and around...
In this project, brick not only serves a decorative purpose, but it is determinative for the whole building structure – a fact I consider particularly important,” says Wang Shu, jury member and...
In Medina Sidonia, near Cádiz, in the south of Spain, a former slaughterhouse was converted into a professional cooking school. New clay roof tiles mirror the roof tiling method of the historic city,...
In reaction to a long, slow decline in the demand for plain roof tiles, Creaton plans to cease their production at the Guttau plant in Saxony as of mid-year.
Continued availability of Guttau‘s...
