Ilshat Gimaev: "A new impetus is needed for the further development of the brick industry"
The tendencies in the development of the production and use of facing bricks in the building complex were discussed today by the participants in the meeting of the section of the Scientific and Technical Council for the Development of the Building Complex and the Building Materials Industry. Opening the meeting, Ilshat Gimaev said that the share of the construction industry in the structure of the republic's economy is about 8%. At the end of 2020, the volume of contract work amounted to 356 billion rubles. In the region, including 17 factories for the production of ceramic bricks with a total capacity of about 553 million pieces of conventional bricks per year and 3 factories for the production of sand-lime bricks with a total capacity of 347 million pieces of conventional bricks per year. The total capacity of all existing building brick factories is about 900 million units of conventional bricks per year. More than 1,800 people work at the manufacturing enterprises of this type of product. The deputy minister said that a lot of work has been done in the republic to study the experience of various brick production technologies: "For the further development of the brick industry, a new impetus is needed in the form of expanding the range and assortment, color range and its application in facade solutions".