In the London district of Farringdon, the Kaleidoscope is a building inspired by the colours and dynamics of its location. As the new British headquarters of the social media company TikTok, the...
High recognition from customers and trade media: Erlus has been presented with four awards all within a very short time. App-Award winner from Mikado, Top Supplier and Medium-Sized Enterprise Award...
With the onset of the Industry 4.0 era, digitalization is rapidly gaining momentum in industry with intelligent networking of machines and lines. This digital transformation is enabling companies to...
For its product line Tonality screed clay tiles, the Leipfinger-Bader group of companies has created new dedicated branding with impact, as the company informs. The ceramic dry screed has been part of...
With the new upgraded version of its app for roofing professionals, Creaton wants to consolidate its digital pioneering role in the roofing trade, the company has announced. Besides a modern, upgraded...
After more than 20 years of the Masonry Congress, on account of the Covid pandemic, this year’s branch event organized by Schlagmann Poroton was held as a live stream for the first time. In a new...
With high-calibre and impressive speakers, the digital Masonry Days have left an impact on the around 650 participants. The event held in cooperation between the brick plant Ziegelwerk Bellenberg and...
The German-Dutch family-owned de Beijer Group is looking ahead to the new year 2022 with confidence, based on the continuing good forecasts for the construction industry until 2023. „In commercial and...
Laminam, global leader in the production and marketing of oversize ceramic slabs for high-end architecture and interior design, part owned by Alpha Private Equity, and Barbieri & Tarozzi Group,...
Good news for the clay brick industry informs Saint Gobain Abrasives. The patent-pending AIRSTREAM diamond grinding rings from Saint-Gobain Abrasives make the production of high-precision clay blocks...
Within the framework of its Sustainability Program, Wienerberger is pursuing ambitious targets, the company informs. The start-up of a new, CO2-neutral production line for brick slips with an electric...
With all the travel restrictions and quarantines of 2020 and 2021 the percentage of situations in which online assistance services are used have shot up. Verdes had this option available since 2011,...
With a modular design of the lift-through cutter, Keller HCW has succeeded in meeting the increasing individual demands on quality and flexibility in the product portfolio of the brick industry,...
Dear Readers,Anyone who thought that war spurred by power-hungry maniacs were a thing of the past, has been proven sadly mistaken these past few weeks. The Russian ruler and the kleptocrats...
The Federal Association of the German Brick and Tile Industry and the Federation of the German Construction Materials Recycling Industry have published a map showing the collection points for old...
The brick and tile industry can be relied on as a motor for economic growth – that was demonstrated yet again in 2021. Less reliable proved the global supply chains. An overall very volatile...
400 000 new homes are to be built over this and the next three years in Germany – every fourth one of these will be social housing. This is the target of Germany’s new government.At the 13th Housing...
Bricks are used in elaborately designed façades as well as in the construction sector. Does brickwork still have a chance in the long term in essential building, the making of houses? Or will the...
Almost all manufacturers of brick technology were able to put the pandemic situation behind them last year. Only the high prices for raw materials and delivery delays are a cause for concern, informs...
For the Leipfinger-Bader brickworks family in Vatersdorf/Bavaria, the new year began with a painful loss. As the company has announced, at the age of 81 years, Kastulus Bader, who had managed the...
Grothe Rohstoffe GmbH & Co. KG has informed us that Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Keramik Martin Grothe died on 12 January 2022, following a long and difficult illness.Martin Grothe took over the company from his...
According to the latest Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) of the Institute for Building and the Environment, the ecological quality of classic masonry bricks (unfilled) as well as high-tech...
With its roadmap, the German brick and tile industry has charted the course for climate-neutral processes and products. The process of transformation is formidable, demanding a great deal from the...
Drying is one of the most elementary processes in the manufacturing of ceramic products. With the removal of the water necessary for plastic shaping, the shaped product is transformed from a wet and...
Overall positive feedback from the industry and lots of confidence: According to Messe München, the outlook is good for ceramitec, being held at the Messe München Exhibition Center from June 21 to 24....
