On the Hauptstrasse in Berlin Schoeneberg Graft Architects revitalized the historical post office premises, expanding it with two new buildings and converting the original rooftops for commercial...
Creaton GmbH has started up operations at a new collection and delivery depot in Söhlingen near Soltau. With this new facility, Creaton wants to increase its local presence and offer its customers in...
Terreal, the French sector leader for roofing products and building envelope solutions, is taking over Creaton, a full subsidiary of the Etex Group.The merger with Terreal represents a logical...
Four awards for Wienerberger: in the Architects’ Darling Award 2020, the manufacturer of clay construction materials has won gold in the “Open Space” category with its Penter clay pavers. Silver was...
Kubrix AG has been formed from the brick plants of Keller Unternehmungen and Brauchli Ziegeleien as well as the three brick plants owned by the FBB Group. The new company is, according to a statement...
2020 may be over now, but this year will, however, stay with us for a long time. We haven’t got over the pandemic yet, behind the European economies a huge mountain of debt is building up and, not...
The German brick and tile industry can look back on largely positive results for the first six months of 2020. According to details released by Germany’s Federal Statistical Office, the value of...
The member companies have decided to continue their Dachkult campaign for another two years. Also represented in this initiative are clay roofing tile manufacturers such as Nelskamp, Jacobi, Creaton,...
In November 2020, Germany’s new Buildings Energy Act (GEG) came into force. This brings together Germany’s Energy Saving Ordinance (EnEV), Energy Conservation Act (EnEG) and Act on the Promotion of...
The Fritz Höger Award for Brick Architecture invites designers to showcase the entire architectural potential of the clay building material. Awarded for the fifth time this year, it honours the best...
The 2020 European Ceramic Days (ECD), organized by Cerame Unie, Brussels, took place from 16-18 November, via Web Meetings and Live Streamed Webinars, attended by more than 150 participants worldwide....
Europe has set itself the aim of achieving CO2-neutral industrial production by the year 2050. Preparations are currently underway for the introduction of Phase 4 of the European Emissions Trading...
With the elections for the Federal German government as well as six German state governments in 2021, the parliamentary balance in Germany will be realigned for years to come. With the announcement of...
With application-oriented research in the field of functional ceramics to technical ceramics and the transfer of its findings, the Research Institute for Glass | Ceramics – FGK in Höhr-Grenzhausen,...
Florian Scherr is the new sales director at Creaton GmbH. He reports directly to Managing Director Dr Sebastian Dresse, who had managed the sales organization temporarily. As sales director, Florian...
Silvacor is a masonry building material that combines the strengths of clay blocks with an insulating wood filling. To optimize the energy balance of the entire building envelope, Hörl & Hartmann has...
For local authorities, building owners and residents, the removal of graffiti from building walls is often associated with considerable costs as well as being very time-consuming. For this reason, it...
Here is a Sacmi-developed digital manufacturing software package that allows fully digital control of factory flows. With this software, Sacmi aims to provide its customers with all the benefits of a...
The design tool from the Initiative Bauen mit Backstein (Building with Brick Initiative) smooths the way for architects, designers and construction engineers from the idea to the realization of brick...
In the continuous production process of material preparation and shaping, you receive a fast and clear response when specific parameters are actively changed. In practice, however, it is not that...
A brick that isn’t fired and uses hardly any new resources? This idea has so far seemed impossible. However, as part of its research project on “cold bricks”, Leipfinger-Bader brickworks has now laid...
For assessment of the sound insulation of construction elements built with vertically perforated bricks, mainly measurement-based investigations are conducted in the field. These investigations are...
In 2019, the 100-year anniversary of Bauhaus was celebrated in a big way. This event attracted international interest and gave occasion to take a closer look at the “Haus am Horn”, the Bauhaus model...
Clay pavers are primarily used as a construction material where high-quality and architecturally ambitious traffic areas are to be designed. With its natural and warm colours, the natural products...
An unused plot of land has been given a new lease of life. On a former industrial estate in Weinsberg near Heilbronn, a modern residential complex has been created in green surroundings. All 13...
