On 1 February 2011 Wienerberger AG announced the acquisition of a further 25-% stake in Tondach Gleinstätten as part of a stock swap with the joint venture partner Monier.
Wienerberger and Monier...
The requirements for planning and building houses have developed strongly in recent years. Besides structural-physical qualities, a faster, less complicated and therefore more cost-efficient use is...
There are several examples of renowned Spanish architects who are reinterpreting façade ceramics for their projects and defining these as a prominent feature in their architecture. Three buildings,...
The family-owned and ‑operated enterprise dws-prefab used to be exclusively focused on constructing carcasses for multi-storey and individual residential buildings. The company produced the...
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Friedrich Heyder, Coblenz University of Applied Sciences, WesterWaldCampus in Höhr-Grenzhausen died on 23 January 2011 following a serious illness.
Over the six days of the Bau 2011 trade fair, approximately 238 000 visitors streamed into the New Munich Trade Fair Centre – that’s around 12% more than at the last event in 2009. Never before...
1 Stuffed clay masonry units
Schlagmann, the pioneer in the field of stuffed-brick engineering, uses perlite – a natural volcanic rock (»1) – as filling material. The Poroton T9, with its...
1 ClickBrick system
The ClickBrick system consists of bricks that are specially manufactured with a groove. During building, a stainless steel clip is inserted into the groove for the connection of...
1 History
The Steyerberg facility near Hanover has been producing prefabricated lintels and window sills since 1972.
In 1995, a new prefabricated element factory costing approx. 1 million euros was...
When is building efficient? An activity is described as efficient when it has been well thought out and is performed “effectively and quickly”. To build that way, you need the right products. In...
