At the Institut für Ziegelforschung Essen e.V. (IZF – Brick and Tile Research Institute), changes have been made in the management structure as of 1 March 2019. Annette Ilg-Muhlack, who had previously...
For the third year in a row now, the German brick and tile industry is seeing increases in the production of facing bricks and clay pavers.The facing brick volume expanded by 5% in 2018, while clay...
On March 20, 2019, IAB – Weimar Institute of Applied Construction Research opened the doors of their new pilot plant for construction material recycling to some 100 industry experts. The new plant is...
For the fourth time, the Forum Rohstoffe (Raw Materials Forum) in Austria invited its members to develop innovative solutions and projects on the topic of sustainability. These beacon projects were ...
The extensive modernization project at Schönlind brickworks was completed with an official start-up ceremony on the 10th of May.Some 150 invited guests from the realms of politics, business and ...
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is a production indicator conceived by the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance for assessing the value creation of a given facility. It shows at a glance how ...
In summer 2017, Keramika Burgas, one of the biggest brick producers in Bulgaria, contracted Sabo S.A. with the modernization of its brick plant.The modernization involved the cutting line, the dryer ...
That is one of Rehart’s four corporate values that no doubt led to the machine engineering company being voted into third place in the Zi Service Supplier Award at ceramitec 2018. Klaus Schülein and ...
In 2018, the construction of around 347 300 dwellings in total was permitted. As Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports, that was 0.2% or 800 building permits fewer than in the...
At ceramitec 2018, Zi Brick and Tile Industry International presented the Zi Service Supplier Award for the first time. Exclusively on the votes of Zi readers, three suppliers were honoured for ...
