At Bau 2009 in Munich, Schlagmann presented an ecological façade insulation system: Poroton-WDF is in fact a double-leaf masonry system with rendering (in compliance with DIN 1053-1:1996-11 Section...
The outlook for Hannover Messe 2009 is distinctly positive. Despite the current economic crisis, the international technology event continues to perform well in a difficult marketplace. Running from...
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Established in 1858, Prince Minerals Inc. developed from a supplier of red iron oxide pigments for paints and coatings to a leading supplier of processed natural minerals.
In 2007...
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A main aim of the project is to create possibilities for the manufacture of new product types such as pored clay blocks in accordance with Gost internal standards.
Also the production...
The financial crisis and the negative development of the world economy adversely affected the 2008 full year results of Wienerberger AG. Although the company was not able to match its record...
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Both very old and also newer technology exists in the Sicomac brick plant. The objective of the Bolivian partner was to optimize the actual state and to modernize the plant further, in...
As Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports, in 2008 the total price-adjusted value of orders received by building construction and civil and underground engineering enterprises with...
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Up to the mid 1950s bricks in Germany were dried in open air dryers under ambient air conditions (››1). The transition from open air drying to artificial drying with hot air was...
14–15 May, Milan
2009 CEN Construction Sector Network Conference
Following the successful 2007 and 2008 Construction Sector Network conferences in Rotterdam and Brussels, CEN has decided to bring...
At the beginning of 2009, Gerhard Fischer (47) was appointed Managing Director of Händle GmbH Maschinen und Anlagenbau and Händle Grundbesitz und Verwaltung GmbH, and took up his post alongside John...