Heavy Clay

The Group’s turnover grew by 18% compared to 2020 to almost €4 billion. It strengthened its position in core markets through targeted acquisitions.

The Belgian company is making its packaging more sustainable, using recycled material and less ink as part of a transition towards circular packaging.

The multi million pound project will see Craven Fawcett design, build, and manufacture a fully integrated state-of-the-art clay preparation and extrusion line at Ibstock’s Atlas site in the West Midlands.

The acquisition, carried out through the subsidiary Glen-Gery, is a strategic bolt-on for expanding the existing footprint in the Maryland and Virginia markets and for driving sales of premium architectural products.

Clay business recorded higher than expected sales volumes in the first six months of 2021, with a revenue of £138 million, 60% higher than the previous year

For more than 40 years Ceipo has been operating in the field of fired clay products, combining the unique characteristics of Tuscan clay with Italian design and technology and a large dose of creativity

The company has installed the second production plant supplied entirely by Marcheluzzo. Total capacity now stands at 1,000 tons of blocks per day

Peeters takes over from Jean-Pierre Wuytack, who has been at the helm of the company for 33 years

The acquisition will expand the scale of Brickworks’ direct distribution network by increasing the number of its stores in the Midwest from 10 to 27

Thanks to several decades of experience in the sector, Marcheluzzo S.p.A. has been able to provide valid responses to the market

The Group posted record revenues of €1,867.5 million, up by approximately 14% from the previous year’s value

The aim of the UK group’s investment is to bring the facility up to current standards of efficiency and sustainability and increase capacity by 20%

The innovative coating system sets a new standard in terms of safety and environmental protection

The service offered by Bongioanni Macchine’s Moulds Division allows for the production of roof tiles with lower weight and superior mechanical strength

The Limena-based company has signed a major contract with the Australian producer Brickmakers to supply cutting-edge energy-saving technology as part of an Industry 4.0 approach

Rieter Morando is organising a series of webinars entitled Discovering Solutions intended to help brick manufacturers adopt the necessary technological upgrades to enable them to compete in the various markets.

The choice of an effective grinding process is very important for obtaining products with high technical and aesthetic qualities. Based on experience acquired in more than 100 years of operation in the heavy clay industry, Bongioanni Macchine has developed three types of machine suitable for primary crushing of particularly hard clays with various levels of moisture content.

The sanitaryware, tableware and refractory sectors experienced a sharp decline in both production volumes and turnover in 2020. The brick and roof tile sector proved more resilient.

The latest technologies developed by Marcheluzzo SpA are designed specifically to offer improved performance, greater energy efficiency and lower production costs in the dryer process.

Meccanica 2P, a company that has been supplying technology to the brick industry for over 40 years, has successfully started up and tested a number of lines remotely in recent months using digital plant engineering solutions