Three fluid circles”, this is how the architects describe the ground plan of their five-star superior hotel “The Fontenay” in Hamburg. In the premium city location on the southwestern bank of...
In December 2018, Keller HCW GmbH transferred its “clay preparation and shaping” business to the new company Rieter Morando GmbH, located in Constance, where the headquarters of the historical Rieter...
Verdés launched a new series of extruders, the Magna series, around four years ago. This series soon became a success, with the first units being installed already in 2014. For several years, besides ...
The Spanish roofing tile manufacturer La Escandella has entrusted Bongioanni Stampi with a challenging and not easy-to-achieve task: the development of a new roofing tile characterized by innovative ...
The Spanish firing specialist Beralmar has supplied a new solid fuel firing facility, a Micromatic system, to Cerámica Belianes in Lleida (Spain).The system uses petcoke with optimum properties, that...
2018 was a good year for the countrywide Unipor-Ziegel- Gruppe: Together, the Unipor Group‘s eight member companies sold a total of 584 million standard-size masonry bricks – up 3.1% over the previous...
Sales of Poroton products have been rising steadily for years on end, most recently to € 215 million in 2018. At BAU, the world‘s leading trade fair for architecture, materials and systems, Deutsche...
With WienerbergerConnect, this clay construction materials manufacturer is market launching a groundbreaking building information modelling (BIM) and product data tool. Wienerberger GmbH has scheduled...
The „Domestic Construction Materials” (OSM) traditionally opens the annual calendar of exhibitions in Moscow. The “Domestic Construction Materials” exhibition has steadily gained in importance and the...
The group revenues were increased in 2018 by 6 % to € 3 305.1 mill., as compared to € 3 119.7 mill in the previous year.Like-for-like EBITDA increased by 15 % to approx. € 469.3 mill. (as compared to...
As of January 1, 2019, Laukien has taken over the sales and consulting services for Argeton GmbH.With more than 200 employees, Laukien makes construction elements for roofs, walls and façades at its...
Following a good year for our industry in 2018, we are expecting a positive demand for clay bricks and roofing tiles in 2019, too, even though the growth momentum will probably slowly weaken. The ...
One of our best authors, most severe and yet most loyal critics, most faithful and most attentive readers, Willi Bender, is gone.The first lesson I ever learned on my new job as Zi editor in 2001, is...
Messe München is launching a new conference format and shortening the waiting time until the next ceramitec.The ceramitec conference will celebrate its première at the newly inaugurated Conference ...
… Lingl! Zi Brick and Tile Industry International presented the Zi Service Supplier Award for the first time at ceramitec 2018. Based exclusively on the votes cast by Zi readers, awards were presented ...
Longtime Händle employee Willi Bender died December 26, 2018, at the age of 83.A brick-and-tile man by calling, 14-year-old Willi Bender became an apprentice bricklayer at the Tonwaren-Industrie...
News of Willi Bender‘s death caught up with me in Asia in late December 2018. We had last met in October and November for an exchange of views and information. I was seeking his advice in connection...
Effective January 1, 2019, Klaus Schülein, managing partner at Rehart GmbH, has appointed his son Philipp as managing partner at Rehart GmbH. With that, the young generation is now assuming yet more ...
ceramitec, a key international trade show for the ceramics industry, will be held in Munich from 18 to 21 May 2021.By setting the dates in spring, Messe München is bowing to the wishes of the industry ...
Beralmar come up with a solution for the use of petcoke in hot air generation for dryers. The new CCP combustion chamber is currently available with a power of up to 3 mill. Kcal/h. It has been...
Developments affecting the ISO 50000 family of standards in the years 2017 and 2018 are described, and initial experience gained in the field of verification and certification auditing according to...
In a research project, sound-absorbing clay bricks were produced with the objective of reducing noise exposure in interior spaces. For this, the replica process was applied, in which high-porosity,...
The use of gaseous and liquid biofuels is gaining popularity on the renewable energy market. However, the use of lean gases and liquid biogenic fuels presents a major challenge for the development of...
