Winter before last (2010/2011), the setting installation at Wienerberger‘s Malsch facility was completely rebuilt, and a total of three unloaders/handover grabs were replaced with a robot. The...
Wendel GmbH Email- und Glasurenfabrik, an enamel and glazes factory based in Dillenburg, Germany, is looking forward to the very eventful months ahead. From 22nd to 25th May, Wendel’s ceramics...
1 Project definition
The sought-after characteristics of porous backing bricks, such as low body density and high heat insulation, are achieved for instance with the addition of porosity-enhancing...
Zi: With your company observing the 100th birthday of company founder Araldo Capaccioli this year, how do you plan to celebrate the occasion?
E.C.: To begin with, we are holding “open house...
1 Introduction
When Gerrit de Boer founded his own company in 1936, he could hardly have guessed that, in the span of 75 years, his little workshop would evolve into one of the world‘s best-known...
1 Introduction
The town of Tula is located approx. 200 km south of Moscow and has a long and colourful history. It was mentioned for the first time in 1146, making it older than Moscow, the Russian...
Zi: Now, around two years after the sudden death of Dr.- Ing. Karsten Junge, you are the new Institute Director at the IZF. The sector has been eagerly awaiting your appointment as with the death...
1 Geological frame and location
At Untschen Gravel Works near Gera, Germany, severely weathered clayey and pebbly sandstone is extracted and processed to road construction materials. In the...
With the background of the ambitious political goal to reduce CO2-emissions in Europe, the requirements for an energy-efficient production of ceramic building materials increase continuously....
SBBC Societé Briqueterie Bati Chaouia is one of the biggest brickworks in Morocco. Beginning in 2008, both energy efficiency and fuel switch measures were technically implemented in the production...
