The owner-operated family enterprise Stephan Schmidt Group is one of the leading producers of specialty clays and mineral products worldwide. Company-owned deposits with supply secured for decades to ...
Bedeschi S.p.A., the traditional Italian company, is continuing its success by consolidating its automation systems and embarking on important new projects in this field.For many years now, thanks in ...
In 2017 Wienerberger stepped up the pace of growth. Acquisitions in Germany, Austria and North America broadened the geographic scope of the brick business. An acquisition in Romania is still subject ...
With regard to the installed technologies and the variety of bricks and insulating blocks that can be manufactured there, the new Argibordj brick plant in Bordj Bou Arreridj, which has just been ...
The plant engineering company Sabo S.A. is commissioning new high-capacity direct setting machines in Kilang Batu in Malaysia. The plant is situated north of Kuala Lumpur. The investor is a well-known...
In recent years, a great deal has been invested in the heavy clay industry in North Africa. The largest percentage of new manufacturing facilities has been set up in Algeria. Whereas in 2005 there...
The Spanish company Beralmar is working to supply a new production line for the Boshan ceramics plant situated a few kilometres from Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. This is already the second order...
Ibstock Brick has set up a new third production line at its headquarters in Ibstock in Great Britain. Ibstock Brick is one of the largest manufacturers of bricks and other innovative cladding products...
The CDS Group has been established for over thirty years, operating out of its base in Stoke-on-Trent, England, and is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of...
Ladrillera El Diamante is on its way to becoming one of the leading manufacturers in the heavy clay sector in Peru and has taken another strategic step towards automation of its brick production line...
In November last year, Bob Belden and Giancarlo Marcheluzzo signed an agreement for the revamping of Production Unit 8 of the Ohio-based Belden Group, one of the leading manufacturers of bricks on the...
Pivotal to the Sacmi Group‘s Heavy Clay operations, Cosmec is now looking to expand business further by diversifying to stay ahead of a fast-changing market.In an industry undergoing profound ...
For the Mazarrón Tejas S.L. clay roofing tile plant, Numancia de la Sagra, Toledo, Spain, Marcheluzzo Impianti S.r.l. has installed a new kiln with a monolayer of H-setters, complete with the...
ceramitec 2018 is just around the corner: the international key trade show for the ceramics industry will open its gates from April 10 to 13. The ceramitec team and I are looking forward to welcoming...
The wait will soon be over! On 11 April, at 4.00 pm the presentation ceremony for the Zi Award “Best Service Supplier 2018” will begin in the forum of Hall A5 at ceramitec.Over the last few weeks, you ...
Starting this year, ECTS will be expanding its activities and broadening membership of the working group to include companies from the ceramic non-heavy clay industries. “Our goal is to make us...
The German brick and tile industry‘s national association Bundesverband der Deutschen Ziegelindustrie (BV) has a new chief executive secretary, Dr. Matthias Frederichs, with whom we spoke about his...
As already reported in Zi1/2018, Händle‘s new, further improved, highly efficient Nova III roof tile press made its debut in late November. This new roof tile press with eccentric cam sets new ...
More and more plant operators are coming to rely on predictive maintenance. Maintenance scheduling can be optimized with the help of asset condition monitoring and innovative software solutions.The...
To allow conveyor belt systems to run free of faults and cost-effectively in the long term, even when subjected to high loads, the operators are focusing more and more on prevention. Innovative...
“Hot box” temperature profiling and monitoring are commonly used for process monitoring in the ceramics industry. A data logger protected by an insulated thermal barrier allows the system to travel...
With reduction, that is the transformation of Fe2O3 into Fe3O4, heavy clay ceramic products can be manufactured with a very diverse interplay of colours. The brick manufacturer has the possibility to...
This contribution describes the optimization of an auger extruder at one of the largest heavy clay producers in the Turkish territory of Cyprus, Gürdag Trading and Industry Ltd. (GTI), in Lefkosa. The...
This article discusses current colour trends for clay roofing tiles and bricks. Vital today are fast development, individuality and quality. In many cases, traditional glazes and engobes no longer...
From 10 to 13 April 2018 ceramitec will present itself for an international trade public on 20 000 m² at the exhibition grounds of Messe München. At ceramitec the whole world comes together. 600 ...
Arno Witgert has been mining high-grade clays in Germany’s Westerwald region since 1820. Back in the mid-20th century, the company began refining these raw materials by milling them and now supplies...
For clay building materials, including brick slips and facade panels, Wassmer supplies an extensive range of equipment: From the manually loaded one-sided brick slip saw to the fully automated...
Vitreus, the German colour specialist for heavy clay ceramics, is looking forward to welcoming its German and international customers to its stand. Following its first four years in operation, Vitreus...
VHV Anlagenbau GmbH with its head office in Hoerstel, Germany, is a manufacturer of innovative belt conveying technology in modular design for all sectors of the bulk material and general cargo...
With more than 110 years of experience, Talleres Felipe Verdés S.A. is a market leader specializing in the design and engineering of machinery for manufacturing clay bricks and roofing tiles as well...
Technogenia SAS is a pioneer and leader in wear protection consumables and services. The company produces spherical tungsten carbide named Spherotene offering an extremely high hardness level. The...
The single clays extracted from 20 company-owned opencast mines in Germany are homogenized and refined in the group’s modern preparation and grinding plants. Thanks to the extensive reserves of the...
Sensor Control is a German company and supplier of plasticity and moisture control systems for the ceramics industry.Following the acquisition of the Novatronic device series from innovatherm in 2015,...
The German glaze and engobe producer Wendel is exhibiting under the motto “Stability and Reliability” – values standing first and foremost for its partnership with its customers. These rightly expect...
Prior to the start of the trade fair, on 9 April, Sacmi, the Italian full-range supplier to the ceramics industry is holding Team Day – an international symposium organized by Team by Sacmi...
The Greek company Sabo S.A., which has been supplying turnkey solutions for the heavy clay industry for 35 years, is presenting its latest developments in solutions, products and services. Various new...
HUP Pietz, a family-run SME, is a specialist for wear protection in the ceramics industry and a trusted partner for the heavy clay industry, for instance for augers, blades or screens.The product...
A. Hässler Anlagenbau is a plant engineering company founded over 50 years ago by Andreas and Gerda Hässler and is owned fully by the founding family. Initially, engineering focussed on building...
Drawing on more than 70 years as a specialist in the design and engineering of dry grinding plants, Molaris has extensive experience in solutions specifically for the ceramics industry (roofing tiles,...
Temperature profiling for quality assurance in industrial kilns and furnaces is common practice in almost all heat treatment applications, and in the ceramics industry, too.While in the past, long...
As a market leader in refractory technology, Refratechnik Ceramics offers complete systems for tunnel kilns in the ceramics industry. From wall and suspended ceiling systems to car systems equipped...
As a leading international manufacturer of plants and machinery, Lingl designs and engineers innovative individual components as well as computer-controlled integrated plants equipped with the latest...
Prince Minerals GmbH, a subsidiary of Prince International Corporation, will be exhibiting at the trade fair following its acquisition of Opavsky Emailleschmelze & Glasurenfabrikation.Prince acquired...
innovatherm will present its advanced NovaControl control system. It has been designed for the automation and optimization of thermal processes in the ceramics industry.The enhanced NovaControl...
Petersen Service will present its new SRBk1900 circular screen feeder with additional conical trough bottom.Thanks to the natural gradient, this optimization facilitates emptying and therefore enables...
The environmental engineering specialist Hellmich is focussing on heat exchangers (heat recovery).One big cost factor in the production of ceramics are energy costs, and these are likely to rise...
Händle and the partners ZMB Braun, Kampen, Steele and Direxa will be presenting innovative, state-of-the-art technical solutions for the heavy clay industry.As leaders in the development and...
Drawing on almost 125 years of experience in the development and production of machines through to complete systems for the heavy clay industry and the entire core competence of process engineering,...
Working in close cooperation with its customers, Gottfried develops dedicated raw materials solutions. The range of raw and ground clays is selectively complemented with externally sourced raw...
Equipceramic S.A. supplies turnkey solutions for all types of clay bricks and roofing tiles, adapted to meet any requirements in any geographic region.For clay preparation and shaping, Equipceramic...
Long lasting, low maintenance, energy efficient and easy assembly are key features of the extensive range of kiln car linings from Forgestal, as the more than 500 references worldwide show. For...
For over 40 years, Grothe Rohstoffe has been one of Europe’s leading suppliers of engobes and a reliable partner for the industry. Founded as a trading company, the family-run business – now in its...
De Boer Machines Nederland B.V. is one of the worldwide leading suppliers of soft mud presses and systems in and around the shaping department of a brick plant. Petersen Maskinfabrik Denmark is famous...
The French plant engineering company Cleia will focus fully on innovation. Highlights will include the Hydrofast kiln, an evolution of the water-sealed kiln allowing controlled-atmosphere firing to...
The activities of the Belgian Ceratec group include engineering, manufacturing, installation and commissioning of a wide range of equipment up to integrated plants for the heavy clay ceramics...
Capaccioli, a world leading supplier of machinery and integrated plants for the production of heavy clay products, began looking very closely at soft mud technology in the 1990s. After several years...
To enable customers to cut energy costs while reducing component wear and enhancing safety and ease of use, Bongioanni Macchine is presenting an innovative electronic control system. At the stand,...
Beralmar will present the most recent developments from its R&D Department, especially for the utilization of alternative energies in the heavy clay industry.After 54 years of continuous experience...
Direxa Engineering LLC (Direxa) based in Lakewood, Colorado/USA, is a plant designer and builder for the clay product industry and other ceramic industries. It is part of the J.C. Steele group of...
Established in 1843 and part of Group Rhodes, Craven Fawcett Ltd. is a UK supplier of clayworking machinery and spare parts to the heavy clay ceramics industry.In December 2017, Craven Fawcett moved...
The long-established company Rotho – Robert Thomas is presenting an overview of its entire range of products and services for the clay brick and roofing tile industry.Starting with product drying...
Steadily and sustainably, the company has developed over the last 40 years into a full-range supplier for the moulding of clay roofing tiles, investing continually in its own specialized production....
