By adding only a few per cent of round-grain feldspathic sand, numerous roof-tile producers have exerted positive influence on both their production processes and the properties of their products....
1 Sales and market developments
1.1 Building market
The growth of 3.6% expected at the beginning of 2008 for the total building market had to be adjusted to 3.25% at the end of the year. Beside new...
The architects designed a straight-lined, 120 x 70 m-large two-storey building, with the façades facing towards the Stuttgarter Strasse as well as on the northern and southern flanks clad with...
Worldwide each year
around 28 million t of refractory materials are produced. At Ceramitec the exhibitors in the refractories section are displaying not only a wide range of innovations and new...
New to market, China refractory directory 2009/10 is the only source of the English-language information available on refractory industry in China. It is the first of its kind and only comprehensive...
A new name for reli-
ability and adherence to schedules: just in time by Lingl! The construction of the turn-key roofing tile plant Lusoceram in Portugal demonstrated this as the plant was completed...
Tecnargilla is back – one of the most important international exhibitions dedicated to technology and supplies for the ceramic and brick industries, organized by Rimini Fiera and ACIMAC, the Italian...
1 Introduction
In the 1990s a group of Italian companies had built a ceramic and heavy clay multiproduct manufacturing plant, which included the production of sanitary appliances, one unit producing...
1 Company and plant concept
GB-based Hanson Building Products is part of the Geman Heidelberg Cement Group. Hanson operates its quarrying and building products businesses across the world but produces...
1 Cutter
After a careful analysis of the plant for the manufacture of masonry blocks, special attention was devoted to the cutting section which had to be designed for a series of new Terreal...
