Pages with Tag:2024
While environmental sustainability is a critical factor for us, the well-being and the safety of our employees are not only priorities but core values. How we focus on our people and provide them with development opportunities.
Developing products and processes that use less CO2, providing a safe and inclusive workplace, or making our products more circular: at Xella, we play a proactive role in reducing our environmental impact and work hard to become more sustainable. When it comes to circularity, we embed a regenerative
We prioritize sustainability by developing products and processes that use less CO2 emissions, eliminate waste and increase the reuse or recycling of products. We're also committed to providing a safe and inclusive workplace. Today's focus: our efforts to reduce our CO2e emissions.
Architect, communicator, business strategist: Jelena is a person of many faces - not only in her job as Product Manager, where she has just been promoted to be responsible for the entire Alpe-Adria region. While she loves being in constant contact with many departments in her job, she prefers to enj
In an exceptional year, we stayed true to our commitment to our sustainability strategy and goals, delivering measurable results across all pillars.
In the dynamic landscape of Belgium's building industry, innovation and new ways of working stand out. Several projects showcase the cooperation between Xella and BILDIN, pioneering builders, that have won the category of “most promising” young company in the Belgian construction market at Bouwu
From handling pressure and making important decisions as a referee in the Champions League to establishing our Hebel brand in Denmark – Meet Peter Rasmussen, who joined Xella in October as Key Account Manager.
The Hild József Construction Technical College in Győr has been successfully educating students for 78 years. Currently there are about 600 students who are taught in traditional and modern architectural and construction techniques – and not just in theory, but in practice: much of the tradition
The 60th anniversary of the Mikolaj Kopernik School was recently celebrated in Ruda Śląska in Poland. Under the guidance of Xella Poland, students were able to try their hand at bricklaying with Ytong blocks and also work with the support of an innovative exoskeleton.
Our French colleague Ingrid Quantin has a close family connection to the construction industry - Xella is far from the first stop in her long career in this sector. With a wealth of experience and well thought out strategies, she has been an autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) fan for several years.
Witness a historic distillery's transformation in Pentenried, Germany. With Ytong autoclaved aerated concrete, the project blends tradition and innovation, revitalizing the community’s cultural legacy.
The new Natrium Science Building unites a large part of the Faculty of Science at the University of Gothenburg under one roof. The scientific work placed special demands on the building material.
As a building instructor, Marko Trifunović follows the footsteps of his father, who worked in the same position as a building instructor at Xella Srbija for many years. He tells us what fascinates him about this job and how it has changed since then.
In the west of Germany, close to the Rhine and Benrath Palace, a new residential area is being built that combines modern living with historical charm - in its rapid completion the use of digital planning tools plays a decisive role.
Steffen Weißer is a master demonstrator at Xella Germany GmbH. A job many don't know about, but essential in construction. He teaches contractors how to build code-compliant masonry with our "in-house" products, supports builders, and has a survival tip for anyone who wants to build now.
A new form of large-size Ytong panels is produced in Ostrołęka, Poland. The investment of Xella Group in a new installation was realized together with Aircrete Europe. How it's been done:
As an Advisor in Process Engineering, Sanda monitors the daily Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) production process at Xella Romania's plant in Deva. As an artist she gives free rein to her feelings in her passion for painting and is thinking of contributing to the education of future artists throug
Boiko Penev is a Product & Innovation Manager at Xella Bulgaria. He not only combines many years of experience, a passion for innovation and ecological awareness, but he also has expertise in many other different fields.
What do our products have to do with the arts? Four stories that showcase the aesthetic and functional properties of our versatile materials in very different ways. Find out how they are used in museums as more than just a simple building material.
Always in motion and a bustling hub of activity: this is how the Kineum is perceived. In an area characterized by daily traffic and nightly abandonment, the extraordinary skyscraper brings new life to Gothenburg's Gårda district. Inside, the Ytong walls, lightweight floors and Multipor blocks meet
From planning events to writing LinkedIn posts: as a marketing manager, Antonella is passionate about reaching people in different ways. Some of her strongest tools are her creativity and a lot of experience from a completely different industry. Meet Antonella and find out how she manages to turn ou
As Head of Innovation in Belgrade, Edin Dalifi, is well aware of the expectations that the construction industry in Southern Europe has of Xella - and he knows how to meet them.
Together with the construction company Van Wijnen, Xella gives its building materials a second life by dismantling the Hebel walls of a building in Almelo, the Netherlands in need of renovation in order to reuse them in other projects.
Safety has always been at the forefront in Xella’s production plants, and its production plant in Hrušovany near Brno, Czech Republic, is no exception. The plant has recently implemented a cutting-edge smart vision technology to elevate employee health protection to new heights.
The first passive apartment building in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, also preserves the character of the industrial tradition on which the town was built. Based on a BIM model supplied by Xella, using large-size calcium-silicate blocks for the external and internal load-bearing walls saves an e
Preventing fire protection saves lives. Mineral building materials such as Ytong, Hebel and Multipor are inherently non-combustible. They meet fire safety requirements without the need for additional measures. This not only benefits the building owner.