Over the next few years, a consortium of companies and research institutes will be working on the development of a new tunnel kiln concept that operates with hydrogen as fuel. The hydrogen project has...
The filter cake consisting of a mixture of clay, silt and fine sand from the rock of the Rhenish Slate Mountains has now been renamed by Hartsteinwerke Sooneck GmbH to Rheinstein Clay. With this new...
At the competence center for 3D printing of ceramics in Hoehr-Grenzhausen, Germany, refractory molded parts are to be produced for the first time. For the preparation of the mixes, the university has...
Forterra PLC, one of the largest brick manufacturers in the UK confirmed in 2019 its intention to take a very significant step forward with the UK construction sector in mind, investing £95 million in...
Dear Readers,serious (industry) information is of utmost importance especially in times of crisis. As a survey conducted in August 2020 by colleagues at Deutscher Fachverlag reveals, specialized media...
In the scope of the Deutscher Ziegelpreis 2021, i.e. the German Brick Award, two main awards, five special awards and ten special recognitions have been presented for outstanding architecture in brick...
The school building project for Hopley run by Engineers without Borders was honoured with special recognition on 15 January 2021 at the Balthasar Neumann Award. Presentation of this year’s award...
EU Industry Days is Europe‘s annual flagship event of industry. The event serves as the platform to discuss industrial challenges and to develop opportunities collectively. It also helps to ensure...
For his dissertation on improving the material properties of the clay brick, Thomas Kiefer has been presented with the Ressel Award, valued at 13 000 euros for scientific research, of Vienna...
To strengthen Poroton’s executive board, Heidrun Keul, head of Strategic Marketing & Product Management at Wienerberger GmbH, has been elected as a new board member.“By sharing responsibilities, we...
For architects and design-savvy building owners, Wienerberger has come up with some innovative products. Working together with the design studio F. A. Porsche, the company has developed a new roofing...
Mineral carbonation, or mineral sequestration, of CO2 was proposed by Seiftriz in 1990 [3] as an equivalent process that occurs naturally from weathering of silicate rocks into carbonates in a...
This article is the abstract of a research project conducted over several years at Vienna University of Technology in cooperation with Wienerberger AG. Objectives of this research project and the...
Numerical methods for determining specific product properties have become established over many years, for example the numerical determination of the transmission of heat through vertically perforated...
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...
Back on 19 April 2017, the CSR Directive Implementation Act (CSR-RUG) came into effect in Germany, with its publication, the EU directive on the disclosure of non-financial information was implemented...
It can take up to 20 years to obtain a permit for new quarry excavations. Raw materials are not just becoming scarce for geological reasons, but artificially scarce for political reasons, too....
Having a sauna and swimming in an architecturally appealing atmosphere – that’s now possible in the new Paracelsus swimming pool and spa rooms in Salzburg. The newbuild designed by the Vienna-based...
