Issue 9/2011

The distinctive four-storey building in downtown ­Charlotte, USA, was designed by the Swiss architect Mario Botta. With its boldly cantilevered fourth...

Through its subsidiary Etex Building Materials Polska, the Etex Group has entrusted Cleia with the planning, ­realization and commissioning of...

For years now, innova­therm has been supplying dual-fuel high-velocity burners for gaseous (natural gas or liquid petroleum gas) and liquid fuels. All...

In 1998, Keller HCW in Ibbenbüren-Laggenbeck supplied all machinery and installations for the facing brick plant at the site of Torun´ in Poland,...

AKEK S.A., one of Greece’s leading structural ceramic producers, implemented a major project last year in Heraklion, on the Mediterranean island of...

On 29 and 30 September, the profession will meet in Cyprus for the TBE ­annual general assembly and I would like to take this opportunity to review...

Focus of the “Brickworks History/Brickworks Museums” conference held from 26 to 28 June at the Franconian open-air museum in Bad Windsheim was the...

On 28 June 2011 a seminar organized by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammen-arbeit (GIZ) in cooperation with the Association des...

Beumer stretch hooding systems are serving well in the chemical and cement industry and represent the state of the art in pallet packaging. Featuring...

With effect from 1 August 2011, Dirk Hartmann (57) took over management of national and ­inter­natio­nal sales of ­Creaton AG for roof and floor

Developing new from known is creativity”. With the new developed adjustable sets of cutting change parts, Freymatic remedies the weak point of...

In materials preparation, roller crushers are responsible for the “rough stuff“. They are optimally suited for the primary size reduction of soft or...

Over the past years energy saving and reduction of emissions have become more and more important in the brick industry, in particular with regard to...

In recent years, the Capaccioli Group has optimized its continuous and semi-continuous dryers. It has focussed, for instance, on the development of...