An unroofed brick pavilion stands in a clearing on the northern shore of Lake Wolletz in the Wolletz district of Angermünde. Completed in 2021, the building, designed by Berlin architect Prof Jan...
The challenges of brick production and application were on the programme of the seminar held by the Institute for Brick and Tile Research Essen e. V. (IZF) last September. Around 50 members of the...
On 3 and 4 December, the largest meeting of the German brick and tile industry, the Würzburg Brick and Tile Training Course, took place for the 61st time. For the first time, the event was chaired by...
According to a press release from 29 November 2024, Wienerberger, international provider of innovative, ecological solutions for the entire building envelope, in the fields of new build and...
In a press release from November 2024, Capaccioli, Italian designer and manufacturer of complete systems for the brick industry and innovative solutions in the field of industrial automation,...
The situation in residential construction is serious: rising construction costs, persistently high interest rates, the back-and-forth in subsidy policy and a maze of regulatory requirements have...
The Federal Association of the German Brick and Tile Industry (BVZi) has honoured the winners of the German Brick Award 2024 at the Bavarian Chamber of Architects. The main prizes went to the...
According to a press release from 1 January 2025, THERMOPOR GmbH and the association Mein Ziegelhaus GmbH & Co. KG have joined forces to form the largest medium-sized brick association in Germany:...
The Krumbach-based company Lingl reorganised itself on 1 April 2024. At the beginning of November 2024, the new Managing Director Hermann Frentzen took stock in an interview with ZI editor Victor...
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Ruppik, former Director of the Institute for Brick and Tile Research (IZF), Managing Director of the Gesellschaft für Qualitätssicherung und Materialprüfung mbH (QsM) and Managing...
Cerame-Unie, the umbrella organisation of the European ceramics industry, announced in a press release on 11 December 2024 the appointment of Heimo Scheuch, CEO of Wienerberger, as its new President...
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...
AbstractIn the following, the conversion of clay brick production to renewable energies based on wood gasifiers and combined heat and power plants (CHPs) is considered. The focus is on process heat...
