Issue 03/2014

In Dornbirn Oberdorf, Austria, lavish villas from the golden age of Dornbirn’s textiles industry in the early 20th century are nested in park-like...

Uwe Pietz, managing director at HUP Verschleißschutz  in Rot am See, is quite contented, because, as of February 2014, production is up and running at...

With a future-oriented investment in its subsidiary OOO “Dubenski kirpitschny zavod” in the emerging economic region of Mordovia, the holding OAO...

To meet demand for Erlus AG’s high-quality roofing tiles, the company has invested in a new production line. Thanks to its expertise in firing and...

Thermoplan GmbH has been solving people‘s automation and process-engineering problems for 3 decades now. Over the years, all conceivable parts and...

I should like to take this opportunity to remind you about our next Tiles & Bricks Europe (TBE) Annual Meeting, which is set to take place in Naples...

The 21st International Conference on “Brickworks History/Brickworks Museums” takes place from 6 to 8 July at the Brickworks Museum in Cham,...

The 2014 Annual Meeting for Brick and Tile Manufacturers, organized by the Federal Association of the German Brick and Tile Industry, will take place...

Under the title “Toward an Energy-Efficient Production of High-Quality Bricks & Tiles in India” a delegation of 11 European companies presented...

On 1 July 2013, Dr.-Ing. Christian Schäffer took over as Professor of General Ceramics and Ceramic Building Materials at Koblenz University of Applied...

A graduate in engineering, Laurenz Averbeck, born 1957, began his professional career in the project department at the machinery and equipment...

Tondach Gleinstätten AG is starting the construction season 2014 with changes in its top management. Following more than 50 successful years, Franz...

At the turn of this year, Peter Schmidt took the reins of the palletizing and packaging technology division at Beumer Group in Beckum. As division...

In 2014, Andil, the Italian tile and brick association, is organizing the TBE annual meeting parallel to its own general assembly. The annual meetings...

This article provides a concise overview of dust limits (respirable crystalline silica) and their development in Germany and Europe. Subsequently, the...

In an industrial environment where operating and ­financial performance issues are becoming increasingly strategic, Ceric is launching an innovative...

If robots could choose what they best like to handle, bricks would be among their favourites. They give robots a chance to show how strong they are...