Issue 03/2025

At the end of June, a highlight in the field of mortar production, construction chemicals, plaster and insulation production awaits us: the European Mortar Summit 2025. The focus will be on topics such as the economic situation of the mortar industry, the outlook for future developments, sustainability and digitalization in the mortar/building materials industry.

Axians in Germany, the ICT brand of Vinci Energies, has unveiled its new cross-competence online offering eNATURE. The central information platform bundles Axians’ product offerings and expertise in...

Cementos Inka, a family-owned Peruvian cement producer, and Christian Pfeiffer, a global provider of grinding technology, completed the commissioning of a state-of-the-art grinding plant in April...

Heidelberg Materials has ordered an MVR vertical roller mill of the type MVR 5000 C-4 from Gebr. Pfeiffer. This mill is to be used at the existing Heidelberg Materials works in Airvault/France, to...

After a six-week overhaul, the rotary kiln at the Kirchdorf cement plant is back in operation. A total of 29000 working hours were invested. Important work included the replacement of 230 t of...

With NXD, Nord Drivesystems has launched the latest generation of its surface treatment. The system manufacturer equips its aluminium drive solutions with two variants of effective surface protection....

Simatic Robot Pick AI Pro enables machine builders to develop their own adaptive picking robotsSiemens is presenting its new developments in industrial automation and digitalization for the...

St Mary’s Cement, part of the globally acting Votorantim Cement Group ordered the first SpectraFlow Airslide Analyzer for raw mill optimization for their Bowmanville Cement manufacturing unit in...

thyssenkrupp Polysius and SaltX have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to jointly develop the next generation of fully electrified production facilities. This partnership aims to scale innovative...

Sustainability is important, especially for the construction industry - but what does it mean in concrete terms? Which materials are environmentally friendly? How can energy-efficient, resource-saving...

Two-day workshop organized by ESTEP and FEhS Institute in Duisburg/GermanyBy-products from steel production make an important contribution to resource efficiency and the circular economy in Europe....

The German paper sack industry closed the 2024 financial year with slight growth. It delivered 1.1% more paper sacks than in the previous year. Despite ongoing economic uncertainties, the member...

Wacker presented its new silicone joint sealant ELASTOSIL® eco 7770 P at the European Coatings Show 2025. The condensation-curing product was developed for applications in the construction and...

Breedon Group’s Hope Cement Works is located near to the village of Hope in Derbyshire/England. It is recognised as the UK’s largest cement plant and is integral to Breedon’s cement manufacturing capabilities. In order to sustain the processing of quarried limestone required for cement manufacturing, the Group recently executed a major project to replace its 1940’s Fuller Traylor primary gyratory crusher.

Gebr. Pfeiffer has received an order to supply a vertical roller mill of the type MVR 5000 R-4. The mill is intended for the new 4800 t/d kiln line of Holcim (Belgique) SA in the existing Obourg cement plant in Belgium.

Martin Engineering, a leader in belt conveyor accessories and bulk flow technology is expanding its operations in Australia to offer solutions to more customers nationwide.

The European Commission has included the digital product passport (DPP) concept in the new CPR (construction product regulation) and other EU Regulations, such as the ESPR (ecodesign for sustainable...

In May 2024, the European Cement Association, CEMBUREAU, published an update from its earlier Roadmap, issued in 2020 in response to the EU’s Green Deal. The industry’s path to decarbonisation has...

EuLA, the European Lime Association, represents the European non-captive lime production across 24 Member States, encompassing both companies and national associations. Lime is one of the essential...

As sustainability and regulatory compliance continue to shape the construction sector, digitalisation is emerging as a critical enabler of progress. In his presentation at the European Mortar Summit,...

As the construction sector faces growing pressure to reduce its carbon footprint and comply with the sustainability criteria set by the new Construction Products Regulation, construction chemicals are...

The new Construction Products Regulation (CPR) will change the way construction products are marketed in the European construction sector. The change from the Construction Products Directive to the...

The freshly published Construction Products Regulation, EU 2024/3110 (CPR 2024), and the delegated regulation EU 2024/2769 amending EU 305/2011 (CPR 2011), introduces new assessment and verification...

Energy-efficient refurbishment has not lived up to expectations in recent years, with Italy being the only exception due to its super bonus. While panel discussions continue to focus on the Green...

As part of a two-day media trip, Etex offered an international group of journalists a varied program: The inauguration of Europe‘s newest plasterboard plant in Bristol/UK, a visit to the pilot line in...

On March 24, 2025, the International Drymix Mortar Conference celebrated its 10th anniversary - and set a new attendance record with over 220 participants. While the breaks in the program offered the opportunity to exchange ideas with the exhibiting companies, the speakers presented 21 different topics as part of the conference. An overview.

Cement grinding aids can increase the output of cement production, reduce the power consumption.In this paper, sodium butyrate and hydroxyl silicone modified cement grinding aids (MG) was...

When the European Union (EU) Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) comes into force, importers of Portland cement and clinker will be required to purchase carbon allowances for their goods....

(22) 29.07.2024(43) 13.02.2025(57) The invention relates to a method for producing cement clinker by processing accumulated carbon dioxide in order to form methanol, having the steps of pre-heating a...

(22) 19.08.2024(43) 26.02.2025(57) The present invention relates to a method and a reactor to crystalize calcium carbonate and to form crys­tals in a liquid flow (F) with the concentration of 2.5-5%...

(22) 13.09.2023(43) 13.03.2025(57) A cement production system includes a wellbore extending from a surface into an underground magma reservoir. The wellbore is configured to heat a heat transfer fluid...

(43) 13.03.2025(45) 08.12.2022(57) A method and device for the combined manufacturing of cement clinker and calcined clay, in a cement manufacturing line by the steps: providing, preheating and...

(22) 26.11.2024(43) 27.03.2025(57) Cementitious compositions that contain a hydraulic cement with at least one calcium aluminate compound and a sulfate bearing material, at least one SCM that provides...

(22) 21.08.2024(43) 27.02.2025(57) The present disclosure relates to activator admixtures for preparing concrete. In particular, although not exclusively, the invention relates to activator admixtures...

(22) 22.08.2024(43) 06.03.2025(57) The present invention relates to a process for producing cement on the basis of at least two components, characterized in that at least two of the components are...

(22) 06.09.2024(43) 13.03.2025(57) Abstract: A CO2 capture process comprising: -Hydrating quicklime materials (16) and/or quick dolomitic lime materials (16‘) to produce hydrated materials (17); -...

(22) 07.09.2024(43) 13.03.2025(57) Cement compositions including ordinary Portland cement, a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) including one or more of, metalcaolin, limestone, or gypsum in an...

(22) 14.09.2023(43) 20.03.2025(57) A method for making precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) is provided. The process includes adding a PCC additive or PCC seed to the process prior to the carbonation...

(22) 15.03.2024(43) 20.03.2025(57) The present disclosure provides a calcined cement clinker-based method and system for obtaining a high-concentration carbon dioxide flue gas. The system comprises: a...

(22) 26.09.2023(43) 20.03.2025(57) A hardened cement produced by setting a cement slurry including graphene comprising bioderived renewable graphene (BRG), a cement, and water. The graphene of the...

(22) 13.09.2024(43) 20.03.2025(57) A cement production system includes a wellbore extending from wellbore is configured to heat a heat transfer fluid via heat transfer with the underground magma...

(22) 12.09.2024(43) 27.03.2025(57) The present invention relates to a method for operating a vertical centrifugal roll mill, characterized in that activated clays are fed via the pneumatic classifier...

The cement industry is undergoing a fundamental shift. Digitalization and Industry 4.0 technologies are increasingly shaping production processes and supply chains. As efficiency and sustainability become critical success factors, accurate management of raw material inventories is taking center stage.