Issue 2/2014

This collection of old village buildings with its earthen walls is regarded as one of the most beautiful in Morocco. The fortress-like dwellings...

The Italian company, Bongioanni Stampi recently strengthened its presence in Algeria, completing projects involving both existing and new plants....

Lower Bavarian heavy clay producer Leipfinger-Bader has renaturalized a 4.3-hectare clay pit and turned it into a modern solar farm. Thanks to high...

Over the last few months, the Spain-based company Morte has received new orders from countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas.   Romania In the...

Ceric, one of the world’s leading machine and plant engineering companies supplying the heavy clay industry, has consolidated its historical presence...

For the Sacmi Group, the Batimatec international exhibition in Algiers is becoming increasingly important as it is not only the benchmark exhibition...

Lingl has been able to conclude another contract for the construction of a complete production facility for wall bricks in Algeria. The plant will be...

Ashur Brick awarded   Cleia the contract on the back of the experience and expertise of the Cleia specialists in drying and firing clay bricks as well...

Bedeschi S.P.A., founded in 1908, is a leading European company specializing in the development and engineering of plants and machinery for the clay...

For Ceric 2014 holds great challenges: the development of numerous innovations, signing of new contracts in Algeria and other countries and always...

In 2013 the Spanish plant engineering company  Equipceramic concluded a series of turnkey plant projects in Algeria, a country in which...

In business now for over 140 years, Händle has always been a global leader in the engineering and sale of clay preparation and shaping technology. In...

For the Spanish company Beralmar, which can look back on half a century of experience in the heavy clay industry, the focus is always on quality,...

With the signing of further contracts with the Amouri Group, Tecnofiliere S.r.l. is reinforcing its leading position as a supplier of dies, pressure...

For over 60 years, the heavy clay and whitewares industries have trusted in the systems from Refratechnik Ceramics, one of the world’s leading...

On 15 November 2013, Gouda Refractories BV in the Netherlands celebrated the inauguration of a new high-temperature tunnel kiln. In the presence of...

Technisch Bureau Hazewinkel, Netherlands, and Grothe Rohstoffe GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, are celebrating 30 years of their ­cooperation in partnership. Their cooperation was sealed on 1 April 1984 with a handshake between Martin Grothe, Managing Director at Grothe Rohstoffe GmbH, and Herbert Jander († 2002), the then owner of Technisch Bureau Hazewinkel. At that time Grothe was...

Three new lines in Russia and Belarus EIA The first line was set up in Novomoskovsk, which is located in the region of Tula, south of Moscow, Russia....

The internationally operating machine and plant manufacturer Keller HCW in Laggenbeck is celebrating its 120th anniversary this year. It is with pride...

Compared to the previous year, turnover in the German construction equipment and building material machinery industry declined slightly in 2013 by 6%...

Händle, a global leader in the manufacture of machines and equipment for the preparation and shaping of ceramic raw materials, has acquired, effective...

Since 1 January 2014, Dr Stefan Puntke has taken over as new Technical Director at Refratechnik Cement GmbH in Göttingen. He is responsible for the...

Beumer Group have expanded their top management level and appointed Dr. Detlev Rose as their new marketing director. In this function, the 51-year-old...

As of 1 January 2014, Holger Rottmann has assumed the post of sales manager for the ZMB Braun GmbH. As a building materials process engineer, Holger...

The majority of the 17 exhibition halls available for Bau 2015 are already as good as fully booked. In many of the sections at the show demand for...

Tecnargilla, international trade fair for applied technologies in the ceramics and heavy clay industries, has reported that 80% of the exhibition...

Up until now gasification has not been regarded as efficient enough for the clay brick and tile industry. This article presents key simple facts on...

1 Geological background and site At Hüttengrund Quarry, tectonically deformed greywacke layers are extracted and processed to high-grade aggregate and...