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Our company
Our clay pit
Where does our clay come from?
We extract the clay from our own clay pit in Reckendorf. The pit is located directly next to our production hall.
In the past, roof tiles and bricks were produced. Today, we produce sustainable Terra Forma® clay products (see "our products"). Before we produce our Terra Forma clay products, the clay from the pit is first "left to the four seasons". The mined clay experiences sun and frost, which produces a high quality.
Our Terra Forma® clay production
How are our clay products made?
Our Terra Forma® clay building materials are now produced in our former brickworks hall. We obtain the raw clay from our own clay pit.
For our Terra Forma® clay products, the clay is processed in several steps and dried with sun and wind. The dried clay is crushed and sieved. The clay is then thoroughly mixed with various natural additives, depending on the intended use, and packaged.
In the Terra Forma® clay brick production, the clay is wet-mixed in the pan mill, ground and crushed in the rolling mill. The prepared clay is formed by our extrusion press and the appropriate mouthpiece. The cutter cuts the bricks to the desired size. The clay bricks are then air-dried. We produce different application classes of clay bricks.
We are committed to the environment
How do you implement environmentally friendly working practices in a company? This is exactly the question we have asked ourselves as the focus of our company philosophy.
- Short supply chains
Our production facility is right next to our clay pit, so the short distance eliminates long
Transport routes. We source aggregates such as sand and chopped straw locally.
- Electricity
The production of our Terra Forma® clay products is exclusively generated by photovoltaic electricity.
The system is located in our production hall.
- Upcycling
For our Terra Forma production we have our own product range with upcycling products.
- Brickworks chimney
We have stopped the production of the "fired goods" and our chimney now offers the storks a new
At home.
- Clay pits
We leave our old clay pits entirely to nature and give them back to Mother Earth.
Wild bees, ants, frogs, herbs and plants and much more.
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Our office
Since January 6th, 2023 you can find us in our new sales office.
Good things take time. From 2017 to 2023, we renovated an old building from 1860 in a sustainable and ecological way into our new sales office.
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Our exhibition house
In the exhibition hall you can see our Terra Forma® clay products in use. We will be happy to advise you on how to renovate, build, insulate, heat and much more with our Terra Forma® clay products.
You will also find an exhibition of ecological and sustainable building products for a wide range of uses in construction. We look forward to your visit.
Götz Brickworks
The history of our company
The company location can look back on a 250-year history. The company has been family-owned since 1840.
Over the course of history, the production and delivery range has changed considerably. In 1850, roof tiles were still being manufactured, but production has now expanded from roof tiles to backing bricks, thermoporous bricks and now Terra Forma® clay building materials.
In 1998, the production of the "fired goods" was discontinued.
At the end of the 20th century, we decided to produce clay building materials because of their ecological and sustainable properties. We also offer seminars and workshops on the subject of clay.
Our clay products are marketed under the registered brand name Terra Forma.
Gabriele Götz has been the owner since the end of 2012
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