Issue 3/2017

Brick house alongside brick house – the historical buildings in the Carlsberg quarter in Valby, part of Copenhagen, stand like a testament to the old...

At the beginning of 2016, Bedeschi was awarded a contract by its long-standing customer, the Chirino family, based in Mendoza, for the installation of...

At the beginning of 2016, the Hermanos Díaz Redondo Group, one of the main manufacturers of heavy clay products in Spain, concluded a contract with Equipceramic S.A. to upgrade its roofing tile factory in ...

Thanks to demand for high-quality products, Refratechnik Ceramics – formerly Burton – has secured some important new construction and rehabilitation projects on the Spanish and South American market. Refratechnik’s long-lasting ...

Sabo Impianti Brazil, in collaboration with Sabo S.A. Greece, was contracted by Ladrillera La Clay in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, to refurbish the...

Following the start-up of its latest brickworks “Clay County” in Henrietta, Texas, the Röben subsidiary Triangle Brick reports that it now ranks...

Cleia, the French plant engineering company, has been entrusted with two new projects in South America and Europe. Cleia is building a turnkey plant...

Spanish firm Gres Aragón, a leading manufacturer of extruded ceramic products (e.g. floor tiles, brick slips and, recently, ventilated wall panels),...

In January 2017, at the Bongioanni Stampi plant in Fossano, Italy, roofing tile model no. 3014-ST was developed for a French-type double-troughed...

With effect from 1 April, Hörl & Hartmann Ziegel-technik, the Dachau-based company, acquired all company shares in Ziegelwerk Klosterbeuren, a brick manufacturer in Markt Babenhausen. By taking this step, Hörl & Hartmann reports that it will become the largest family-run brick manufacturer in Southern Germany. With this new constellation of brick plants, a company has been formed with 200 employees, which markets around 300 mill. standard-size bricks per year. That corresponds to 440 000 t brick. “We are delighted to have found in Hörl & Hartmann the right partner for our succession plan”, explains...

The management of the EPRA/ASICOM group attaches great importance to innovation, low energy consumption and high plant efficiency, and has now opted...

Spanish company Equipceramic S.A. is consolidating its already strong presence in the Batna region of Algeria, where three Equipceramic plants are...

Canteras Cerro Negro is an Argentine group of companies headquartered in Buenos Aires. It has a history dating back more than 100 years, merging four...

In recent months, Händle GmbH Maschinen und Anlagenbau has received a number of major commissions for brickyards in Argentina, hence significantly...

Hans Lingl Anlagenbau und Verfahrenstechnik GmbH & Co. KG (Lingl) acquired the know-how and the intangible assets of SMB Maschinenbau GmbH as part of...

For more than 20 years now, Röben’s facility in Poland has been operating almost without any interruption. With one facing brick and two roofing tile...

As the President of the Tiles and Bricks Europe (TBE), European association representing the interests of clay brick and roofing tile manufacturers, I am pleased to invite you to our 2017 Congress. The event will be held on 22nd – 23rd June in Nice, France. The French Federation of Roof Tiles & Bricks (FFTB) is kindly hosting this years’ Congress in parallel to their own national meeting. ...

Procesadora de Arcilla (Procarsa), La Chorrera, Barrio Colón, is a leading manufacturer of clay bricks and roofing tiles in Panama. Along with four...

With this motto, Lorenz Bieringer took over responsibility as Managing Director for the Wall product division (Poroton clay blocks, Kamtec chimney...

Willi Brühl was an institution at Petersen Service. He was loyal to the company and previously to H. Breitenbach GmbH over a period of 52 years. In...

On top of their the day-to-day work in their departments, management executives are often faced with challenges associated with ongoing change...

The new plant designed for the Algerian market marks a milestone in the development of Marcheluzzo Impianti, a plant engineering company with over 45...