The church garden Löbnitz project – ‘Ave von Schönfeldt’ public garden – is now considered a particularly successful revitalisation of existing town centres. It was funded by the Saxon State Ministry...
The 28th Euro Symposium of the KI Ceramics Institute in Meissen took place on 10 and 11 September 2025. As in previous years, participants met on both days for the lecture programme in the conference...
Brick manufacturer Vandersanden is celebrating its 100 year anniversary. Vandersanden‘s story grew from a modest field kiln in Kleine-Spouwen, Belgium, to a large family business and one of the...
Dear readers,A year ago, I expressed my expectation that the new federal German government elected in February 2025 would quickly provide impetus for housing construction. For a few months now, the...
The Erich Mendelsohn Prize for brick architecture enters its next round.In view of the current challenges facing the construction industry, brick offers valuable properties such as sustainability,...
On 1 October 2025, Wienerberger presented the shortlist for the international BRICK AWARD 26.Presented once every two years, since 2004 the BRICK AWARD has been giving architects a platform for their...
KERATEK GmbH is well known and highly regarded among brick manufacturers in Germany, as an engineering firm and innovative ceramic plant manufacturer. Originally founded in 1987 by Karl-Heinz...
On 29 September, Wilhelm Röben, senior partner at Röben Tonbaustoffe GmbH in Zetel, celebrated his 90th birthday.Following the sudden death of his father, Wilhelm August Röben, he took over...
Ibea GmbH Hamburg has been building testing and sorting systems for 35 years.Since 1991, ibea has installed approximately 6,500 such systems worldwide, particularly in the packaging and construction...
According to estimates by the United Nations Children‘s Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), around 54 million children worldwide were working in dangerous and exploitative...
Anyone travelling by car on the A46 from the east to Gillrath Ziegel- u. Klinkerwerk GmbH & Co. KG. in Erkelenz must take care to stay in the right lane shortly before the Garzweiler open-cast lignite...
For many years, the process air system in brick production was considered a ‘secondary process’ that received significantly less attention than the kiln or dryer system itself.Rising energy costs and...
The brick industry needs to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions. However, transferring results from laboratory kilns to industrial tunnel kilns on an industrial scale poses a problem. The IAB...
The targeted use of mobile solar power plants and modern storage solutions offers an innovative and efficient way to support the supply of electricity and energy in building material production. The...
This handout presents practical measures for reducing CO2 emissions in brick production at Lingl Solead. The following approaches significantly increase energy efficiency and reduce...
The Sutracrete project, funded by the BMBF, enables the reuse of masonry rubble in concrete products. It integrates brick dust as a pozzolanic additive and brick aggregate as a sand substitute to...
Large-scale construction projects generate millions of tonnes of mineral residues every year. These materials offer considerable potential as secondary raw materials for the brick industry. In...
Ceramic fibre composites extend the excellent high-temperature properties of classic all-ceramics with significantly increased damage tolerance. This applies to both impact resistance and, in...
The industrial use of electric tunnel kilns has matured from pilot to demonstration scale. However, the considerable investment required for a complete conversion is a deterrent. In addition, high...
ONEJOON GmbH, which specializes in the development and construction of kiln systems, demonstrates that there is also room for further development in the firing of bricks.Brick firing in an...
The bogie hearth kiln (test kilns) at IZF is being retrofitted with electric heating elements (230 kW) on both sides, in addition to the six natural gas burners, each with an output of 180 kW. The...
Both the Construction Products Regulation and European and national standards impose requirements on brick manufacturers with regard to their production and quality assurance processes. The...
The presentation addresses key aspects of a sustainable work culture in the context of intergenerational cooperation. It focuses on promoting mutual understanding through intergenerational dialogue,...
The Würzburg Brick and Tile Training Course, which this year will take place from 2 to 4 December 2025, is dedicated to all aspects of brick production and application. As in previous years, the...
The presentation will outline current developments in environmental and energy policy for the brick industry. It will focus in particular on developments in the context of EU emissions trading, the...
Housing construction requires courage to change and new structuresIn recent weeks, there has been much discussion about the so-called housing construction turbo – and debate about its effectiveness. A...
The term ‘valuable’ describes, on the one hand, the material value in terms of price. On the other hand, it refers to the usefulness of the raw material in terms of its usability. In the brick...
The brick industry’s ‘Roadmap 2050’ describes the path to greenhouse gas-neutral brick production by 2050. Important measures include switching to hydrogen or electricity-powered kilns, using...
