Zi: Mr Vandermaelen, is the plant already running at full capacity and to your satisfaction?
D.V: On 1 June 2012 we pressed the first roofing tile and now, at the end of November, running at 50%...
If the just-ended “Bau” trade fair in Munich is any indicator of the prospects for the construction industry in this new year, then we are in for a super year in the construction sector in 2013....
1 Historical development in the USA
To better see into the future, we must first take a look at the past and present. If we look at a chart showing the percentage of market share enjoyed by clay...
Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Cerame-Unie hosted the very first Ceramic Days from 26 to 28 November 2012. Numerous members from the European ceramics industry flocked to Brussels for the...
With over 235 000 trade visitors, Bau, the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Architecture, Materials, Systems, matched its record figures of 2011, and in terms of visitors from outside Germany,...
Proven material, visionary architecture “Brick’12 is the fifth edition of our book series launched in 2004 to coincide with the Wienerberger Brick Award. The publication highlights the innovative...
On 12 December 2012, OAO Popeda LSR, a member of the LSR group in St Petersburg, celebrated the start-up of a new backing brick plant. At the symbolic touch of a button in the robotic unloading...
The recent supply of extrusion equipment to the Argentine companies Cerámica Santiago (Santiago del Estero), Cerámica del Norte (Salta), Palmar Mar del Plata (Mar del Plata) and Cerámica Ctibor...
Issue 1-2/2013Karl-Heinz Brakemeier – 70 years old
On 17 December 2012, Dipl.-Ing. Karl-Heinz Brakemeier, Managing Director of Keratek, the Hohenhameln-based company, celebrated his 70th birthday.
Following an apprenticeship at Keller in Laggenbeck...
