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| Wienerberger invests in innovative production facilities in Austria Wienerberger, the world's largest brickmaker, has completed the construction of a new production facility in Haiding, Upper Austria, and underscores its commitment to its Austrian home market with this investment. In Haiding, this world market leader will produce the top product in Wienerberger's clay block family, the Porotherm W.i. "W.i." stands for "with thermal insulation", which means the insulating material - natural mineral wool - is already integrated in the clay block. Additional exterior insulation is therefore unnecessary, which saves construction time and costs. This clay block is a Wienerberger innovation as well as a trend-setting building material for energy-efficient construction. The Haiding facility is the most modern of its type in the Wienerberger Group. For Wienerberger, which is present in 30 European countries as well as the USA and India, Austria remains a key market: last year the Group generated revenues of 148 million Euro with roughly 900 employees in its home market. The new clay block is produced in six different wall thicknesses from 20 to 50 cm, which are perfectly suited for private housing construction as well as multi-story residential and commercial buildings. The fully automated filling line has an output of up to 900 clay blocks per hour. That means: the clay blocks for an entire single family house can be filled in only three hours. write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Construction News :: home page |