With a future-oriented investment in its subsidiary OOO “Dubenski kirpitschny zavod” in the emerging economic region of Mordovia, the holding OAO “Mordovzement” has set another significant...
In 2013, Wienerberger AG increased its revenues to € 2.7 bill. and the operating EBITDA by 9% to € 266.5 mill.
Even through the bottom line showed a small loss of € 8 mill., a free cash...
1 Brief digression
The problem of respirable crystalline silica is not really one anymore! At least, this is the case in Germany and particularly in the German ceramics industry! The Employer’s...
In 2013, construction of around 270 400 dwellings was permitted in Germany. As Destatis, Germany’s Federal Statistical Office, reported, that was 12.9% or just under 30 900 dwellings more than...
The Czech Silicate Society is organizing two international conferences to be held in parallel sessions on 13–14 May 2014, they are Refra, the 18th Refractories Conference, and Hitherm Prague, the...
Uwe Pietz, managing director at HUP Verschleißschutz in Rot am See, is quite contented, because, as of February 2014, production is up and running at the company’s second location in the...
At the turn of this year, Peter Schmidt took the reins of the palletizing and packaging technology division at Beumer Group in Beckum. As division head, 48 year-old Schmidt now steers and coordinates...
The Schönlind plant of Ziegelei Merkl OHG (Vilseck-Schönlind) is becoming part of Leipfinger-Bader (Vatersdorf/Puttenhausen) with immediate effect. The company owners have agreed on this....
Tondach Gleinstätten AG is starting the construction season 2014 with changes in its top management. Following more than 50 successful years, Franz Olbrich, long-serving director at Tondach...
Issue 03/2014Interview with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Schäffer, Professor of General Ceramics and CeramicBuilding Materials at the WesterWaldCampus in Höhr-Grenzhausen
You have worked in the field for many years, last at Monier where you headed the “Technical Center Clay”, with central research and development in the group. How important is fieldwork in student...
