Dear readers,In October 2023, we invited you to the Green Challenge. The feedback exceeded our expectations and plans. The original plan was to dedicate issue 1/24, which is in front of you, to the...
Last December, a special brick-making course was held in Würzburg for two reasons. Not only was it the 60th anniversary of perhaps the most important industry event in 2023. In addition to this...
As the first element of a masterplan, a new building has been created for the Technische Schoolen Mechelen in the Belgian city of Mechelen. With its almost ornamental facade, it expresses extroversion...
We are living in challenging times. The term “polycrisis” is increasingly being used in politics and science to summarise the many international crisis-like developments. The brick and tile industry...
According to a press release dated 28. November 2023, Roca Group, the world leader in the design, production, and commercialisation of bathroom furnishings, has invested in the world’s first electric...
Ceratec, a company specialising in process and handling in the heavy clay industry, continues to innovate by offering feasibility studies for the integration of heat pumps in industrial dryers...
The Federal Association of the German Brick and Tile Industry (BVZi) is pooling its capacities for sustainable construction with the newly founded „Sustainability“ committee. The expert group,...
Keller sees climate neutrality in the manufacture of heavy clay products and digitalization in the brick and tile industry as the main challenges for this sector. As a specialist in machine and plant...
The use of renewably generated hydrogen instead of natural gas is regarded as an important element contributing to the transformation of the clay brick and tile industry to CO2-free production. In...
1 IntroductionThe total carbon dioxide emission from the German brick industry is about 1,73 million tons per year [1]. Approximately 56 % of the total emission is due to the combustion of natural gas...
