Issue 06/2014

For the newbuild of the Ross School of Business on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA, rain screens in natural red terracotta,...

Equipceramic S.A. has built a new roofing tile factory with a production capacity of 12 mill. units per year for Smail Bouzeghaya. The factory located...

On “Russia Day” and in the presence of numerous invited guests, the director Sergej Stroitelev celebrated the first tunnel kiln car with fired bricks...

As of July 1, 2014, CRH Clay Solutions GmbH has moved back to their erstwhile location in Peine. The decision to relocate was based mainly on...

With the aim of becom- ing a leading international provider of automated solutions to the heavy clay industry, Sacmi Imola is acquiring a 60-% stake...

Cleia, the French plant engineering company, is building a new brick production line for MZSM, a company based in Belarus. Located in the Minsk...

The Röben Group is extending its commitment in the USA. Its subsidiary Triangle Brick Company in Durham, North Carolina, has now announced plans for...

The Belgian manufacturer Steenfabriek Nelissen recently placed another order with Lingl, this time for a new setting installation. Founded in 1921,...

The 60th Clemson Brick Forum is fast approaching. The Forum will be held from 29 September through 1 October in Anderson, South Carolina (USA). We...

This year‘s IZF Seminar organized by the Brick and Tile Research Institute will be held under the heading „­Resource Efficiency: Fire – Strength –...

The 19th Eurosymposium focuses on the topic “Reseach and Development  – Success Factors for the European Ceramics

On 19 and 20 June 2014, Naples was host to a joint annual meeting of the European (TBE) and Italian (Andil) Roof Tile and Manufacturers Associations....

As a late-cyclic sector, the Dutch construction sector was unable to benefit from the first cautious signs of economic recovery in other sectors in...

For an industrial clay mixture, the presence of hydroxyl groups in the phyllosilicate phases significantly increases the value of the specific heat...

1 Geological background and site At a site in Jarnoltowek, Poland, Dewon SP.ZO.O extracts greyish blue phyllitic slate and processes this with...

On account of their different crystal structures, the primary clay minerals kaolinite, illite and montmorillonite exhibit different material...

The 62nd TBE Congress took place in Naples on 19–20 June 2014, kindly hosted by Andil, the Italian brick and tile association, which also organized...