Brick manufacturers

thumb|Large bricks on a conveyor belt in a modern European factory setting A brickworks, also known as a brick factory, is a factory for the manufacturing of bricks, from clay or shale. Usually a brickworks is located on a clay bedrock (the most common material from which bricks are made), often with a quarry for clay on site. In earlier times bricks were made at brickfields, which would be returned to agricultural use after the clay layer was exhausted.

Wienerberger AG (stylised as wienerberger) is an Austrian building solutions and infrastructure systems company which is Europe's leading manufacturer of roof tiles and the world’s largest producer of bricks.

American industrialist (1826–1909)

The Xella Group with headquarters in Duisburg, Germany, develops, manufactures and markets building and insulation materials.

American hat maker (1830–1906)

subsidiary in the UK