After three years of construction, a visitor centre has been created as a walk-in building sculpture on the Rapunzel Naturkost GmbH premises in Legau in Unterallgäu. According to the architects from...
The organisers of ceramitec 2024 consider the four days of the trade fair, which took place in Munich from 9 to 12 April, a success. 466 exhibitors from 36 countries presented their products and...
On April 17 and 18 2024 the members of Güteschutz Ziegel e. V. (brick quality protection association), the relevant committees and testing bodies as well as employees of the brickworks were drawn to...
In a press release from April, the TECNA organizers announced they will be hosting the TecnAwards in this year’s Tecna, due to be held in Rimini from 24 to 27 September. These awards are presented by...
According to a press release from 21 February 2024, Wienerberger performed well in the challenging market environment in 2023, meeting its expectations. Apparently, the company generated an operative...
At Ceramitec 2024 in Munich, ROTHO, the established supplier to brickworks, presented a newly designed drying rack for soft-mud bricks for the first time: the new PrO Horde. The most important aim of...
Dear readers,When you pick up this issue shortly after publication and hot off the press, I will be attending the Institute for Brick and Tile Research’s lateral entry seminar in Essen. On the one...
In recent years, discussions about the life cycle assessment of buildings have become increasingly important. A central question here is the appropriate period of consideration, particularly with...
The Federal Association of the German Brick and Tile Industry (BVZi) is once again organising the German Brick Award. From 2 April to 31 July 2024, architecture and planning offices can submit their...
The Krumbach-based company Lingl has had a new majority shareholder and a new name since 1 April 2024. Hermann Frentzen, entrepreneur from Krumbach, wants to continue the operational business and the...
At the end of October last year, ZI editor Victor Kapr met with the new presidents of the European association Tiles and Bricks Europe (TBE) elected in June 2023 at the Bellenberg Wiest brickworks in...
Hans-Joachim Rauch, Managing Director of Tonindustrie Heisterholz for many years, passed away on 4 March 2024 at the age of 79.Hans-Joachim Rauch, born on 24 August 1944, took over the management of...
Jacobi Tonwerke GmbH, owner-managed company in the field of clay roof tile production, announces that Lucas Jacobi has taken over his role as Managing Director. With this appointment, the generational...
The use of renewably generated hydrogen instead of natural gas is regarded as an important element contributing to the transformation of the clay brick and tile industry to CO2-free production. In...
