About us

1857 Year -  Official foundation of the company;

1858 Year -  First permanent kiln built;

1868 Year -  First circular kiln built;

1870 years till 1900 - Agricultural and brick production at the same time;

1929 Year -  Automatic stoking plant installed in the circular kiln;

1950 Year - 96,000 bricks produced in the circular kiln per run and per week;

Power generated on site using a steam engine;

New pressing facilities constructed, today the building is the oldest on site;

1981 Year -  New firing technique: production of goods increased by 40 percent at constant energy consumption;

Brick slips developed, first they are cut in slices from the face of a brick, then each brick slip is extruded using a fixing technique;

1999/2000 Year -  New clay preparation facilities built, including new clay preparation plant with computer control and large wet pan with four runners;

Microwave sensor technology introduced i.e. computer controlled recipe management and moisture control;

40,000 litres diesel tank for refuelling the fleet of vehicles;

Development and patent protection of corner slip production without supporting brick;

Construction of pressing plant III for brick slips;

Robots installed for automated corner slip production‘

2007 Year -  Feldhaus is a market leader in the field of “brick slips”;

Production in three factories using four kilns, bricks are exported to approx. 30 countries;

2012 Year -  Newly developed surfaces waterstruck look in brick quality, product collection “vascu” ;

New locksmith’s shop built;

Cutter and pressing line II converted and optimised;

2016 Year -  Pressing line I extended to manufacture new, challenging brick types and expansion of surface finishing;

Construction of centralised, in-house preparation plant for engobes;

New types added to product collections “vario” and “bacco” with stylish bright grey and beige shades for brick slips.