This year’s Clemson Brick Forum will be held from 5 to 7 October in Anderson, South Carolina. The Forum will start with a seminar on raw materials on Monday, 5 October. After a comprehensive...
With consolidated sales over € 1.2 bill., the net worth of the cooperative at over € 660 mill. and a global workforce with almost 4000 people, 2014 goes down as one of the best business years in...
Ceric, one of the world’s leaders in engineering, procurement and construction for the heavy clay ceramics industry, has increased its capital by € 7.6 mill. in June 2015. Pleiade Investment and...
Under this motto, this year’s annual meeting of Andil, Associazione Nazionale Industriali del Laterizio, was held on 16/17 June in Milan, where the Italian Brick and Tile Association was...
The economic outlook at the start of 2014 appeared hopeful, but the situation deteriorated over the course of the year. During the second trimester of the year, economic growth in most countries in...
DKG – German Ceramic Society – with the assistance of Messe München International, will be hosting a “Bavaria Night” at ceramitec 2015.
Germany’s ceramists want to celebrate with guests...
From 2 to 4 March 2016, India’s two ceramics-centred trade fairs, Indian Ceramics and Ceramics Asia, will be staged concurrently at Gujarat University Exhibition Centre in Ahmedabad.
“India is...
1 Objective
Decomposition and transformation reactions taking place at temperatures between 500 and 800° C (900° C) provoke a loss of strength in brick green bodies. The purpose of these...
1 Context
The alkaline-earth carbonates calcite (CaCO3) and dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) are contained in heavy clay raw materials. Clays intended for use in the production of vertical-core bricks tend to be...
