In Ibstock, near Leicester in the Midlands, UK, one of the most modern brick plants in the world has been started up this year for the production of façade bricks. Keller HCW supplied the new plant,...
Wienerberger AG, one of the leading building material producers in Central and Eastern Europe, steps up the pace of its growth course in Romania by expanding its current business and investing in...
As of 1 August, Sacmi has acquired 100 % ownership of Eurofilter, one of the leading providers of environmental services to the ceramic industry and other sectors.Sacmi has owned 20 % of the company...
On the initiative of the German Unipor Group, students at Darmstadt University of Technology (Hesse, Germany) and Delft University of Technology (Southern Netherlands) researched experimental and...
Bau, the world’s leading trade fair for architecture, materials and systems covers the entire building industry and all its trades – that’s what makes it the most important sector gathering for all...
Bau 2019, taking place between 14 and 19 January 2019, will be a real XXL event. Because it will include the two brand new exhibition halls – C5 and C6 – which increase the capacity of the Messe ...
Suitable solutions are described for the homogenization process in the heavy clay industry and the specific features of various machines explained. Objective of the article is that ceramic...
Mercury is a neurotoxin and has several other negative health effects. Two of the larger emitters of mercury are coal-fired power plants and cement kilns. Since mercury emissions from these industries...
During opencast mining in the Rhenish lignite mining district, with the extraction of the coal, clays are also won from several-metres-thick and homogeneous mining horizons. The individual horizons...
The theoretical principles governing the energy consumption of counterflow kilns are explained and compared with the actual performance data of existing counterflow kilns. In addition, the advantages...