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| Wienerberger acquires Heylen Bricks in Belgium Austria's Wienerberger, the world's largest brick maker, announced the acquisition of Heylen Bricks, a facing brick producer headquartered in Veldwezelt, Belgium. Heylen is a long-standing, family-owned company with high branch recognition. From its favorable geographic location near Maastricht in the border triangle between Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, the company markets its products in all three countries. Heylen operates one facing brick plant with a production capacity of roughly 50 million WF (standard size for facing bricks) and generated revenues of approx. € 6.2 million with 39 employees in 2010. In recent years the company has established a position in an attractive niche of the facing brick segment through technological investments that support the production of special high-quality, innovative products like "blue braised bricks" and hand-moulded bricks. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Construction News :: home page |