1 Introduction
The construction market in Algeria is booming. The entire heavy clay production is consumed by the domestic market. In accordance with the Five-Year Plan (2010 – 2014), more than...
Cleia is building an ultra-modern clay roofing tile factory in Portugal for the company CS-Coelho da Silva. This is one of the first major investments in Europe since 2009 and it is a significant...
The sustained upswing in Germany‘s housing sector has been a boon for Unipor-Ziegel-Gruppe and its 11 member companies (15 locations): This network of middle-market heavy clay producers has logged...
1 Introduction
Albrecht Türrschmiedt added not only pretty music and poetry to the sounds of brickmaking, but also the huff and puff of hard-working steam engines, the rattle and clank of...
1 Sustainability label
Sustainability has become an omnipresent term. It is used in numerous contexts and denotations. According to definition, and as illustrated in »1, the term sustainability...
1 Numbers and facts
Around 60 bill. t/pa abiotic raw materials (mineral resources, energy resources, ores) are consumed worldwide today, almost 50% more than in 1980, with an upwards trend. The...
Zi: Until now, consumers have only been familiar with the Ecodesign Directive to the extent that it pertains to the classification of such items as refrigerators and washing machines. Will brick and...
At the Museumsquartier
Wien in Vienna last November 10, people from the industry, scientific circles and the training sector, as well as interested architects and media figures, convened in the...
Limited visibility: a term companies are now using in their annual reports to indicate that it is still hard to predict the future. A glance at the headlines or at a TV newscast suffices to confirm...
Elster Kromschröder has expanded its proven BIO/ZIO and BIC/ZIC burner ranges with the inclusion of insulation inside the housing for preheated combustion air. The new BIOW/ZIOW and BICW/ZICW burners...
