Issue 01/2015

To this day, the town Ludwigslust is marked out by its ­Baroque layout with generous axes and town squares. Back in 1994, the phase upgrade of the...

SC Siceram SA, one of the leading companies in Romania, manufacturing blocks, roofing tiles and decorative elements, has opted again for Italian...

With a new rapid rack dryer capable of efficiently handling a total output of some 700 t bricks a day, the Peruvian firm Ladrillos Fortaleza is taking...

Absolut Keramik represented by Nikita Galvin and Sabir Mamedov have contracted to Cleia to construct one of the most modern brick plants in the Republic of Kazakhstan. ...

The essence of the brickmaking process has not changed over time. However, modern brick plants are becoming more and more efficient, with larger capacities and with significantly improved product quality. ...

2015 started straight off in January with a first highlight: At the “Bau 2015” trade fair, the clay brick and roofing tile industry presented its...

At the Ecomondo trade fair in Rimini in November 2014, Andil, the Italian Brickmakers Association, together with Syneco, an energy service company...

In 2015, the key international trade show for the entire ceramics industry, ceramitec, will take place in Halls A1, A2, B1 and B2 and can be reached...

Last year’s ClayTech 2014 meeting and trade fair was organized in time-honoured fashion by IOM Communications Ltd. as directed by the Education &...

Master ceramist Erich Manhardt joined ZMB Braun as an applications technician on 1 September 2014. With comprehensive know-how and more than 25 years...

The 2014 Ceramic Days, organized by Cerame-Unie in Brussels, were attended by more than 150 participants. The sector meeting was the setting for the...

Zink Körner GmbH and OWI Oel-Waerme-Institut, working on a joint research project, have developed a concept for flat-flame burners with power levels...

Over the past years, technology in the field of analytics has developed further and become more refined. The improved analysis process quickly reaches...

Present practice in the recycling of masonry rubble cannot claim to be contributing to resource efficiency. Building on a 2003 review article on the...

In the measurement of the slip resistance of materials, different European standards refer to a standardized measuring method. Here, however,...

Ever since people began erecting brick buildings, the employed type of mortar has had an impact on the available range of architectural alternatives.

On 28/29 October 2014, the journal Zi Brick and Tile Industry International, supported by several sponsors, ­arranged a first field trip. 42 undergraduates and PhD students from three universities and their mentors visited the clay roofing tile manufacturer Dachziegelwerke Nelskamp, plant Nibra, to find out about state-of-the-art production technologies and discuss current issues in the industry. ...