On 22.07.2009 the groundbreaking ceremony for the clinker production upgrade project at the cement factory of Leube GmbH in St. Leonhard/Austria marked the beginning of an approx. € 30 m...
Architects, building planners and craftsmen value gypsum for its versatility as a material, in particular. In addition to its use in filigree stucco and moulding work, modern building practices are...
The German cement industry has been more affected by the crisis and the recession than as the branch had expected at the end of last year. This is substantiated by provisional figures for turnover and...
6. International VDZ Congress 2009, Düsseldorf/Germany (30.09.-02.10.2009)
The 6. International VDZ Congress, held in late September 2009, was attended by more than 500 specialist participants (Fig. 1). The proceedings were opened by the VDZ chairman, Gerhard Hirth, of...
Gypsum fibre boards according to DIN EN 15283-2
The industrial division “gypsum boards” within the Federal German Association of the Gypsum Industry published a leaflet as regards the trowelling...
The new manual issued by the Building Gypsum Industry Group (German abbreviation: IGB) within the Federal German Association of the Gypsum Industry focuses on “The task for the future:...
A major shift in the industry toward the use of more synthetic gypsum has resulted from three factors. Firstly, stricter environmental regulations at coal-fired stations increased the output of FGD...
Innovative plaster system
for mechanically stressed surfaces
With the new MP 75 Diamant (Fig. 1) Knauf has developed a machine-applied gypsum plaster with increased surface strength, which provides...
The Federal German Association of the Gypsum Industry was founded one hundred and ten years ago. To celebrate this anniversary, the association, in cooperation with “BIG”, the Federal Association...
