Production in the year 2011
Reduction of the production volume continues: –11.4% compared to 2010 and –50.0% compared to 2007. In 2011, 10.25 mill. t clay bricks and roofing tiles were produced...
1 Blazing trails for tunnel kilns in the brick and tile industry
After World War II, Franz Schmid of Marktoberdorf was the first to re-address the idea of using tunnel kilns for heavy clay ceramics....
Zi: Is building with prefabricated clay brick elements cheaper than conventional masonry?
H. K.: If you look at prefabricated houses, and a lot of these are sold today, they are certainly cheaper...
Schlagmann Poroton, headquartered in Zeilarn, has successfully introduced an energy management system pursuant to the internationally applicable standard specification ISO 50001 for all its...
Since 30 May, the Italian city of Asti has boasted another attraction: a modern sculpture designed by the internationally renowned artist Elio Garis adorns the “Corso Ivrea” roundabout not far...
All types of businesses
utilize different management systems to check and control their procedures. Weekly production and target schedules to determine procedures or other aims to achieve further...
Modern roofs can have numerous roof penetrations – things like roof windows and vent pipes, feed-throughs for solar energy systems, antennas, flue pipes. As far as the German building energy...
The new Achat 12V curved interlocking roof tile retains the traditional northern-German character of its predecessor, the Achat 12, but has been upgraded to include modern adjustability. Unlike its...
Roofs are becoming more complicated all the time, and it takes lots of flexibility on the part of roofers to handle all the advances in storm security, sarking, thermal insulation, climate change,...
The former advertising manager for Zi Brick and Tile Industry International, Manfred W. Kleinfeld, died on 4 September.
He was born 1937 in Berlin. On the 1st July 1960 he took up employment with the...
