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With over 800 employees across 14 locations in Europe and the United Kingdom, Vandersanden ranks among the largest and leading family-owned brick manufacturing companies in Europe. Its product...

This year‘s Eurosymposium, organised by the Keramik-Institut in Meißen (KI), was entitled „Ceramic products shape our future“. Around 80 participants gathered in the conference hall of the Romantik...

The roadmap for a greenhouse-gas-neutral brick and tile industry in Germany signposts a climate neutrality route intended to lead to a CO2-free brick and tile industry by 2050. Along with other...

Continuous non-destructive quality testing during the ongoing production process is a real challenge for the ceramics industry, brick manufacturers and building material producers, as well as for...

Johan Deburchgrave took over the helm at Vandersanden in January 2024. With more than 30 years of experience in the construction industry, Deburchgrave wants to keep the premium brick manufacturer on...

Reducing energy consumption is a key problem for the brick and tile industry in Europe and, in the long term, worldwide. The significant rise in energy prices over the past few years directly suggests...

Georg Harrasser has taken over the management of Dachziegelwerke Nelskamp GmbH on 1 November 2024. Nelskamp is thus gaining a proven industry expert with a wealth of experience in the management of...

Dear readers,A difficult year for brick makers in Germany is slowly coming to an end. Little has changed in the ongoing slump in residential construction and all related economic sectors....

Wienerberger reopened its brick plant in Berca, Romania, on 16 September. According to a press release dated 17 September, the plant has been completely modernised over the last eight months....

The German Sustainability Award (DNP) is the award for sustainability par excellence. At the 17th DNP awards ceremony on 28 and 29 November, CEOs and sustainability managers from the finalists will...