Association of the German Refractory Industry
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| legal form | registered association (e.V.) |
| founding | February 23, 1949 |
| Seat | Höhr-Grenzhausen |
| Website | http://www.vdffi.de |
The Association of the German Refractory Industry e. V. (VDFFI; German Refractories Association GRA) is the interest group for the German refractories industry based in Höhr-Grenzhausen . It represents the interests of the manufacturing member companies and affiliated companies on an international, European and national level. The association has 30 companies in the refractory industry and 21 companies from the supply industry and plant engineering as members. He thus represents a large part of the German refractory industry. It is registered in the public list of the German Bundestag (No. 1922), and since July 2017 the association has also been listed in the EU Transparency Register.
Refractory bricks, products and masses are used in the manufacture of steel , aluminum , glass and cement . They are also used in (petro) chemistry and in waste incineration plants .
history
In 1879, the "Association of Manufacturers of Refractory Products in West Germany", based in Düsseldorf, was the first association in the industry. In 1881 the "Association of German Factories for Refractory Products" was founded in Berlin.
The VDFFI went after the second. World War I emerged from the “Fachvereinigung Feuerfeste Industrie”, which was founded in the British occupation zone and is based in Bonn. This was founded on February 23, 1949. On January 1, 1950, the refractories companies from the French zone could become members of the professional association. In 1975 the name was changed to "Association of the German Refractory Industry".
Since it was founded in 1949, maintaining and promoting the common business interests of the members has been the top priority of the association. In the summer of 1953, they moved into the Association House at the Elisabeth Church in Bonn. The joint research center “Research Institute of the Refractory Industry” also found its premises there. On May 26, 1986, the association founded the Feuerfest Prüflabor GmbH. The purpose of the company was to test and evaluate refractory products and raw materials with regard to their physical and chemical properties, mainly according to standardized procedures. On December 2, 1993 the merger with the research institute and the name change to "DIFK German Institute for Refractories and Ceramics". The sole shareholder of DIFK is the Association of the German Refractory Industry.
The VDFFI was a founding member of the European Association of Refractory Manufacturers (PRE) in 1953 and is still the largest member association today. He is also one of the four organizers and founding member of the international conference "Unified International Technical Conference on Refractory (UNITECR)", which has taken place every two years since 1989.
In 2013 the VDFFI founded the "ECREF European Center for Refractories gGmbH" and moved to Höhr-Grenzhausen / Westerwald together with the DIFK . Now the association is a direct neighbor of the Koblenz University of Applied Sciences, WesterWaldCampus, which is also home to the "Materials Technology Glass and Ceramics" course. The Forschungsgemeinschaft Feuerfest e.V. is also located in the premises of the ECREF. V., which was founded in 1971.
In addition to representing interests, the VDFFI works together with the DIFK and ECREF for training and further education. He works in the field of standardization at national and international level (DIN, EN, PRE and ISO).
literature
- "50 Years of the Association of the German Refractory Industry 1949-1999"; Ed .: VDFFI, May 1999.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Current version of the public list on the registration of associations and their representatives. German Bundestag, November 24, 2017, p. 650 , accessed on November 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Transparency register. European Union, accessed November 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Gerald Routschka, Hartmut Wuthnow (Hrsg.): Practical manual fire-resistant materials . 5th edition. Vulkan-Verlag, Essen 2011, ISBN 978-3-8027-3161-7 ( online [accessed March 19, 2013]). Practical Guide to Refractory Materials ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Newsletter Innovationdcluster Metal-Ceramic-Plastic (IMKK), issue 5. (No longer available online.) Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Westerwaldkreis mbH, pp. 1,4f , archived from the original on August 12, 2016 ; accessed on November 28, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ MVV Medienverlag Westerwald-Sieg UG: The new building will be inaugurated in April. (No longer available online.) Neuwied-Rhein Kurier, March 19, 2013, archived from the original on December 13, 2017 ; accessed on November 28, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Members. PRE - The European Refractories Producers Federation, accessed November 29, 2017 .
