CLEIA NEWSLETTER - Number 2 - December 2012

SUMMARY

R & D OUR PROJECTSINFOS: ERLUS AG chooses CLEIA's qualityCLEIA SETTLES DOWN IN ASIAMIDDLE EAST

BRICK PLANTSTEDJINI GROUP: NEW BRICKS PLANTSBMT2 in Algeria

Fully automated NEW PLANT in Russia

SPECIAL SECTION TUNISIAPRESENTATION OF

NEW UPGRADABLE TEJRA BRICKS PLANT: 1 800 tons/day

SUCCESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FAIRS DURING 2012

ROOF TILE PLANTS NEW ROOF TILES PLANT FOR CS-COELHO DA SILVA 5 in Portugal

INAUGURATION OF THE CREATON KOSCIAN ROOF TILES PLANT in Poland

PRESS REVIEWCLEIA Innovation: Zephyr® Dryer

CLEIA PRACTICALContact and Visit usFairs / Events for the following six months

NEWSAfter being awarded several major contracts in Europe and in the Maghreb, we will deliver a very positive feedback of 2012.All the facilities ordered to CLEIA in 2011 have been successfully started up while meeting the deadlines.

Our clients are fully satisfi ed and do not hesitate to greatly advertise us.We have delivered reliable and innovating plants, producing at the level quality required by the market, with production costs generally qualifi ed as excellent. This success is the result of the recognition of our know-how in the

design and completion of state-of-the-art production plants and of major innovations that we were able to promote for the fi ring and drying processes, such as the Zephyr® Dryer and the Technofast kiln with its new jet burners.

We have initiated a development program up to our ambitions.

An important vector of our development is the R&D department for the design of new generation of fi ring systems that will make it possible to lower of 20% the energy bill related to the process. We will focus our efforts in order to accelerate the development of this new concept.The 4C laboratory, service available to our clients, has been recently equipped with preparation and shaping equipment that makes it possible to perform complete tests: shaping, drying and fi ring of raw materials. It will also allow us to validate some innovations before offering them to our clients

The second main vector concerns the expansion of our international network. The opening of our offi ce in Algeria has been a success; this branch will soon be converted into a subsidiary. We are present in Asia with the opening of an offi ce in Vietnam. Finally, we created a fi rst subsidiary in Tunisia, endowed with a consequential manufacturing workshop. Further to the opening of the Moscow offi ce in 2011, these three 2012 new locations set the pace of our international development.

CLEIA continues its signifi cant growth by always positioning itself at the high end of the market at competitive prices. We want to offer the best price/performance ratio of the market to our clients, and therefore we provide ourselves with the appropriate means by developing a strong group, close to our clients.

We address the year 2013 in this motivated spirit. All over the year we want to reinforce our position in other countries, offer more innovative solutions and products, and attract and retain new clients by working in good spirit and in confi dence.

Frank Bigeard - Sales Director

EDITTUNISIA

75% Market share of the High-Tech roof tiles plants

Projects implemented in more than

40 countries

1 800 tons/day

Upgradable bricks plant in Tejra South Tunisia

Algeria, Brazil, India, Russia, Turkey, Vietnam,

…

2010 - 2012

Roof tiles plant Creaton Koscian Etex Group

NEW

21 robots3 of them equipped with visual control

KEY FIGURES

SPECIAL SECTION

After the success of the Zephyr® dryer (see press release on back page) being the subject matter of patent pending, and the sale of two units, due to be started-up in the course of 2013, the R&D department tackles new projects:

• Decreasing the thermal consumptions of the drying chambers.

• New drying regulation based on the physical characteristics of the air fl ow distribution over the products (drying power).

• Energy reduction inside the kilns.

• Improved top jet burners.

CLEIA settles down in Asia

CLEIA Offi ce Eurocenter - 4th fl oor49 Mac Dinh ChiDistrict 1 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tel.: + 84 1226 793 774 e-mail: alexandre.laruelle@cleia.fr

New success of CLEIA for High-Tech roof tiles plant projects: the German company ERLUS AG has just chosen CLEIA to realise a new roof tiles production line on its historical production site of Neufahrn / Niederbayern in Germany.The know-how and the technological mastery of CLEIA in the field of fi ring technologies and automatic handling systems, as well as the confi dence that ERLUS AG places in the recognized professionals of CLEIA

have positively motivated the decision of the ERLUS executive board.The peculiarity of this unit lies in its capacity to simultaneously produce roof tiles and flat accessories. After the firing process, the latter will be recognized then grasped on the main circuit and packaged on a specifi c line.The fi ring of the fi rst roof tiles in this new kiln is foreseen in early summer 2013, that means less than 9 months after the signing of the contract.

INFOS ERLUS AG chooses CLEIA's quality

The German Company, ERLUS AG , has just

entrusted CLEIA with the realisation of a roof

tiles production line on its historical site of

Neufahrn / Niederbayern„“

ERLUS AG roof tiles shapes

R & D

MIDDLE EASTTo address the very high demands of the Middle East countries, Ahmed El Banhaji, who is a recognised professional with a great experience in our business, reinforces the sales team of CLEIA being appointed our Area Sales Manager in charge of this zone.

Ahmed El BanhajiMobile: + 34 627 320 680e-mail: ahmed.elbanhaji@cleia.fr

Improved top jet burners.

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Fully automated new plant in Russia

CLEIA just comes to the end of the successful commissioning of a robotized dehacking machine for facing brick in the area of Toula, south of Moscow. This new line was installed in parallel with the existing one.

The commissioning of the new SBMT2 bricks plant built in Touggourt for the Tedjini Group has occurred in the summer of 2012, only 14 months after the implementation of the contract, for the fi rst time in Algeria.This new unit dedicated to the production of heavy clay hollow bricks and hourdis stones is equipped with a Sirocco rapid dryer with an innovative automatic chain tensioning device that makes the maintenance easier and increases the reliability

of the drive system.As for the firing process, the Technofast kiln - 100% in refractory pieces - completely meets the specifi c requirements of the fi ring of the corrosive clays extracted in this area. And several months after the starting up, the kiln already produces 150% of its nominal capacity. This technology combining a sealed kiln with a hanging roof is the very fi rst of its kind in Algeria, and turns out to be fully satisfactory.

The kiln cars, also made up of refractory pieces, complete the pattern of the firing system developed by CLEIA.It is undisputed that CLEIA's most noticeable innovation is the new 1200x1200 packs stacking on the kiln cars. The packets are strapped without any pallet and can be easily carried into the delivery trucks.This new reference of CLEIA in Algeria represents a major technological advance for the Tedjini Group.

TEDJINI GROUP: NEW BRICKS PLANT SBMT2 IN ALGERIA

This technology of a sealed kiln with

a hanging roof is the very first of its

kind in Algeria „“ CLEIA IN ALGERIA

Villa No.21 Cité KaoucheCheraga - AlgiersTel/Fax: + 213 21 36 84 26

Representative in Algeria: Saad AllafMob. 1: + 213 6 61 51 92 04Mob. 2: + 213 5 57 46 52 48

Sales Manager for Maghreb:Claude OkonMobile France: + 33 6 08 41 48 81

CLEIA IN RUSSIA

Moscow, 101000, Pokrovski bd, 4/17 build.1 of.12

Contact: Rouslan SVINTSITSKITel./Fax: +7 495 937 70 25

Sales representative for CEI: Michel CristalloMobile: + 33 6 84 64 08 22

Mr Noredine Tedjini during the

starting up

New 1200x1200 packs stacking on the kiln cars.

BRICK PLANTS

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TUNISIA

Al Baraka CIE has two main shareholders: CLEIA, that has initiated the project and is the majority shareholder, and Al Baraka, former workshop manufacturing dies, ducts and mechanically welded sub-sets.

Its core activity consists of manufacturing part of the equipment designed by CLEIA, for the North African market. The company has the resources required to manufacture mechanically welded sub-sets, electric cabinets, and also to provide assembly and wiring services.

Al Baraka CIE is located near Sousse, in an industrial area in the immediate proximity of a port and an airport. In addition it is in the vicinity of local bricks plants, but also of the tourist area. A valuable commercial advantage !

This company is the bridgehead of CLEIA's development in Tunisia and Libya. The necessary skills will be progressively developed to ensure the realisation and the starting up of plants. It will be specialized in the upgradable bricks plants adapted to this market. It will also ensure after-sale service on these markets.

Our approach is guided by one target: upgrade the technological level and ensure the progress of the local industrial actors to build high-end plants while locally ensuring the follow-up and the maintenance.

Therefore CLEIA has chosen to settle in Tunisia, in an area that proves to be highly-skilled, outward-looking, in order to be in a position to propose its technology in North Africa, from a nearby base, at competitive prices.

On a market undergoing tremendous changes, CLEIA is building a long-term presence in the Maghreb by establishing its fi rst subsidiary: AL BARAKA CIE.This choice was defi nitively enacted further to the implementation of a contract for the building of the largest brickworks of Southern Tunisia.

PRESENTATION OF

SPECIAL SECTION

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Convincing success on the international fairs dedicated to construction materials and ceramic industries, where the know-how and the innovations presented by CLEIA in the fi eld of the bricks and roof-tiles plants have been greeted with considerable interest and enthusiasm by many visitors.

The genesis of the project: the contract has come to an encounter between four people in Tunis, which quickly turned into a common desire to work together.Indeed, over the meetings, CLEIA and Tejra team's have felt confi dent because they share the same mindset.

A GREENFIELD PROJECT DEVELOPPED THANKS TO THE EXPERTISE OF CLEIA AND THE VISION OF AN INVESTOR.

PRESSURE TYPE FIRING PROCESS

HIGH-TECH DRYING

SCALABLE PRODUCTSSCALABLE PRODUCTS

ROBOTICS

FLEXIBLE PLANT

TEJRA

NEW UPGRADABLE BRICKS PLANT IN TEJRA: 1800 TONS

/ DAY

SUCCESS OF THE INTERNATIONALFAIRS DURING 2012

KIEVBUILD BATIMATEC INDIAN CERAMICS

CERAMITEC

TECNARGILLA

MOSBUILD

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NEW ROOF TILES PLANT CS-COELHO DA SILVA 5 IN PORTUGAL

EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATIONIt is in this excellence-driven context that in 2011, a decision was made to invest in a new two-stage state-of-the-art tiles plant and CS-Coelho Da Silva's officers have chosen CLEIA as their sole supplier of a turnkey solution for the whole plant.With the technology of the water-seal kiln, Hydro-Ecofast type and a chamber dryer equipped with a totally innovative ventilation system, CLEIA takes on the challenge of building this new unit in a 9-month deadline.The mutual confidence placed by the management and technical teams of both companies has been a key element in the success of the project, making possible a close cooperation to obtain the best possible result. The project completion schedule is strictly observed and the first fired tiles get out of the kiln during the summer of 2012.

FORMINGThe existing clay preparation line has been completed with a new forming unit equipped with Handle machinery and a Rieter press. The press equipped with 2 plaster moulds set the tiles on metallic trays.

DRYINGThe metallic drying supports are reversible and allow the positioning of 4 tiles per drying tray. The trays are stacked on the double-load drying cars.Drying is performed in chambers whose admission, extraction and recycling circuits have been completely re-designed, allowing a progressive drying and diminished energy consumption.

FIRINGRegarding the tunnel kiln, the water-seal technologies makes it possible to obtain a perfect tightness of the canal and therefore an optimal control of the firing atmosphere within the tunnel. Firing under controlled atmosphere has a direct influence of the tiles quality: tile fragment's colour, mechanical strength, porosity…The modules of the Hydro-Ecofast kiln's structure, tight and welded together, optimise the sealing of the walls and the roof. On the kiln cars, each stack of H is supported by a specific refractory support reducing the thermal and mechanical stresses on the H, and so increasing the service life of the refractory supports.

"SELF-ALIGNING" H- TYPE CIRCUIT: PRECISION, ERGONOMICS AND RELIABILITY The automatic handling circuits benefit from the latest developments of CLEIA. The "self-aligning" H-type circuit make it possible:

• toreducethenumberofhandlings,• to ensure a maximum accessibility for the tiles setting /

unloading,• tosignificantlyreducethesoundlevel,• andfinally,todramaticallydecreasethenumberofbrokenH.

The interest for the operator is that it leads to a high level of availability of the circuit.This No. 5 CS-Coelho Da Silva production unit now represents an outstanding reference in Portugal for the production of high-quality roof tiles.

Since 1927, the family-owned company CS-Coelho Da Silva based in Albergaria (Juncal), Portugal, manufactures bricks, roof tiles and accessories. With over 85 years' experience and driven by corporate values such as quality, research and development of new products, CS-Coelho Da Silva has become an undisputed reference in its industry. Forerunner in many areas:

• firstPortugueseproducerusingplastermouldstoshapethetiles,• firstPortuguesetilemakerfiringitsproductsonindividualH-typefiringtrays• firstPortuguesetilemakerhavinginstalledrobots.

By focusing on technological innovation, these manufacturers have raised their business to match the level of the best performing and distinguished Portuguese companies.

CLEIA rises to the challenge of building this new plant

in less than 9 months „“

ROOF TILE PLANTS

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INAUGURATION OF THE ROOF TILES PLANT CREATON KOSCIAN IN POLAND

Specific handling systems have been designed and achieved in the workshops of CLEIA that are particularly suited to the very significant production volume of the plant and to the size of the kiln cars: 2 rows of 24 H are simultaneously stacked on a car width of more than 10 meters.The robotised packaging lines set up by CLEIA meet the very detailed specifications established by Creaton to ensure to the end customer a delivery of high-quality products

with minimized packaging volumes.By ensuring the design, the manufacturing, the integration and the starting-up of the equipments as well as the training of the operational and maintenance staff, CLEIA provides comprehensive services which makes it easier for the operators to take charge of their facilities and therefore obtain better performances and achieve a better industrial management.

Editorial Board: Frank Bigeard • Michel Conry • Claude Okon • Thierry Allanic • Jérôme Flache • Eric Girardot • Pascal Scherrer • Mathieu Hervy

High-Tech roof tile plants by CLEIA:

•High positioning accuracy of the roof tiles thanks to the dynamic stepping device.

•Shuttle system for a perfect positioning of the cassettes and increased accesses.

•Service life of the firing trays increased through 25 years of know-how and development of this technology created in Nolay.

•Robot Interface enabling the adjustment of the offsets and the products changeover from the HMI device of the PLC (no operators' intervention of the Teach Pendant of the robot).

•Artificial vision system for the handling of accessories.

End of September 2012, EBM Polska (Etex Group) inaugurated the new polish roof tiles plant at Koscian where are produced the roof tiles and accessories marketed under the brand Creaton, event focused on high-tech and robotics. An outstanding opportunity given to the key local figures and professionals invited to this event to discover this new modern and innovating facility where the very latest technologies proposed by CLEIA were highlighted.

ROOF TILE PLANTS

A MIX OF VERY HIGH TECHNOLOGIES AND ROBOTICS

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BY TRAIN:From Paris: approximately two hoursTGV: Paris/Le Creusot Montchanin TGV: approximate duration 1 hour and 10 minutesThen Montchanin-Nolay: 40 minutes by car

From LYON: about 1 hour and 20 minutesTGV: Lyon/ Le Creusot Montchanin TGV: approximate duration 40 minutesThen Montchanin-Nolay: 40 minutes by car

BY CAR:Motorway A6 from PARIS: about 3 hoursA6 exit N°24 Pouilly en AuxoisDirection Arnay-le-Duc D981 then N6 and D973 towards Nolay

Motorway A6 from LYON: about 1 hour and 30 minutesA6 exit N°25 Chalon NordDirection Chagny N6 then D33 and D973 towards Nolay

FAIRS / EVENTSFAIRS CLEIA 2013:We invite you to visit CLEIA during the next international events:SibBuild: February 5th to 8th in NovosibirskKievbuild: February 20th to 22nd in KievIndian Ceramics: March 19th to 21st in AhmedabadMosbuild: April 2nd to 5th in MoscowBatimatec: May 6th to 10th in Algiers

VISIT US

2, avenue Spuller - 21340 NOLAY - FRANCE +33 3 80 26 71 00 info@cleia.fr

Engineering turn-key solutions www.cleia.fr

CLEIA PRACTICAL

PRESS REVIEW

CLEIA has developed and launched on the market a major innovation for the drying of bricks and construction blocks: the Zephyr® dryer which combines the advantages of the rapid dryers and the capability of tunnel dryers. The Zephyr® brand and the patent pending are the property of CLEIA.Economic, upgradable and multiproduct, the Zephyr® dryer is perfect for drying hollow products; its modular design also allows the development of new insulating blocks. Multiple combinations of 4, 5 or 6 trays in height can be easily confi gured for loading products at a predefi ned pitch to optimize the ventilation. Reliable loading and unloading equipment designed with precision and smoothness can be performed by robots or a traditional handling system, which allows to be proposed for all types of facilities, new project or renovation of existing plants.The Zephyr® dryer is evolutive and the capacity can easily

be increased with additional tunnels, unlike the dryers with suspended racks and

chain driving systems. The Zephyr® dryer allows different confi gurations range from 300-1500 t/d of bricks for an adjustable cycle from 2-5 h.

The dryer has variable pitch and allows more than 15% increase of capacity

for the same production area.One of the essential drying interest consists of the variable load spacing in depth. For a good drying the cars are widely spaced in the wet zone. In the hot zone cars are automatically tightened allowing a capacity increase of

more than 15%.The Zephyr® dryer is the only tunnel dryer with an automatic adjustment of space loads from 0,8 to 2 m.This dryer is constructed without doors at the entrance as well as at the exit thanks to a special design of the dryer cars.This design creates a perfect sealing which did not required any doors. The drying process is activated during the dryer car transfer, which allows a drying time superior to 90% of the total cycle. The dryer car handling is very simple and the quantities of actuators are reduced.

Using this dryer results in more than 20% decrease of energetic consumptions.Compared to a conventional tunnel dryer, the Zephyr® dryer allows more than 20% decrease of electrical consumption.The amount of moto-ventilators is optimised to perform a perfect fl ow control in the cross section of the tunnel. The company considers that the Zephyr® dryer is the most economical tunnel dryer on the market referring to energy consumptions.The combination of a high-speed longitudinal fl ow - which generates a perfect geometry of the products - coupled to mixing equipment allows a core drying thanks to an active ventilation inside the bricks.The maximal height of the loads does not exceed 2 m to ensure a perfect fl ow control.The moisture control realised in the shrinkage zone allows a fi ne adjustment of the ventilation to obtain a high quality of dried products.

Combines the advantages of the rapid dryers and the capability of tunnel dryers„“

CLEIA INNOVATION: Zephyr® Dryer for Bricks and Construction Blocks

8-9 / 2012