IJzer Tower
• After the attack in March 1946, in which the IJzer Tower fell completely, reconstruction started in 1952. The works would take 13 years.
• The tower has 462 stairs, 3,000 m³ of reinforced concrete, and 350,000 Nelissen bricks.
• Safety standards did not exist or were not applied. There weren’t even any safety cables at a height of 80 metres. Miraculously, however, there were no accidents.
• Everyone earned €0.50 per hour.
Photo's: Stadsarchief Diksmuide
• The tower has 462 stairs, 3,000 m³ of reinforced concrete, and 350,000 Nelissen bricks.
• Safety standards did not exist or were not applied. There weren’t even any safety cables at a height of 80 metres. Miraculously, however, there were no accidents.
• Everyone earned €0.50 per hour.
Photo's: Stadsarchief Diksmuide
What's new
- 10.04.2024 Get inspired by our moodboards: Revolt 1
- 21.03.2024 Ronald Wijnants completes the direction team at Nelissen Bricks
- 04.03.2024 Get inspired by our moodboards: New Boring
- 26.01.2024 Flemish government approves GRUP Nelissen Bricks
- 25.01.2024 Get inspired by our moodboards: Classic Core
- 24.11.2023 Bricks: An incombustible choice
- 13.11.2023 Get inspired by our moodboards: Feeling Blue
- 17.10.2023 Discover Klinker Historika’s recovery bricks
- 18.09.2023 World Cleanup Day
- 25.08.2023 5 facts about our bricks
- 03.07.2023 Opening hours during construction leave
- 25.06.2023 A warm collaboration with 37 graden
- 30.03.2023 Colortrend: The Essentialist
- 03.01.2023 Colortrend: Remind 1
- 10.01.2023 Sustainable pallet sleeves
- 08.12.2022 Nelissen Steenfabrieken is the "Limburgse Ondernemer van het Jaar 2022"
- 12.10.2022 Colortrends 2021-2022: The Reward
- 29.08.2022 Colortrends 2021-2022: The Resident
- 18.05.2022 Nelissen invests in the builders of the future
- 14.03.2022 Colortrends 2021-2022: The Alcove
- 23.02.2022 Nelissen nominated for 2022 “Family Business Award of Excellence”
- 15.02.2022 Around the world - February
- 16.12.2021 Around the world - January
- 24.09.2021 Nelissen wins Ambiorix Prize
- 30.11.2020 Showroom reopening
- 11.06.2020 Nelissen participates in charter for Sustainable Entrepreneurship
- 14.05.2020 Our showroom will reopen on May 25th
- 21.04.2020 Nelissen is strong together
- 07.02.2020 Nelissen reconciles past and future in its new Brick Academy
- 14.10.2019 Nelissen Steenfabrieken is a hotspot for constructors and professionals.
- 09.05.2019 Vote our team as the best construction team of 2019!
- 22.01.2019 Nelissen Steenfabrieken opens doors of impressive office building with ground-breaking showroom
- 19.11.2018 Dubio wins prestigious German Design Award
- 08.11.2018 In November you can find us in Dubai and Istanbul
- 29.10.2018 Discover our new showroom in Marche-en-Famenne
- 11.09.2018 Visit Nelissen in October at BIS 2018 in Ghent
- 21.08.2018 Visit Nelissen in September at Nordbau 2018 in Neumünster
- 16.07.2018 DUBIO nominated for the German Design Award 2019
- 20.03.2018 Showroom moves temporarily to "De Maalderij"
- 23.02.2018 DUBIO wins the Product Innovation Award at the Belgian Building Awards
- 07.02.2018 Visit the new era of bricks on Batibouw
- 10.01.2018 Visit Nelissen in January on these tradeshows
- 14.08.2017 Visit Nelissen in November on these tradeshows
- 13.09.2017 The DUBIO Brick manufactured by Nelissen Bricks has been nominated for the Henry van de Velde Efficiency Award 2017.
- 09.08.2017 Visit Nelissen in September at Nordbau in Neumünster
- 13.01.2017 Visit Nelissen in January and February on these tradeshow
- 23.11.2016 Nelissen Brickworks has a world first with their new innovative brick
- 24.10.2016 Visit Nelissen in November on these tradeshow
- 20.09.2016 Nelissen Bricks: Be Inventive - Be sustainable!
- 08.08.2016 Nelissen Bricks goes international!
- 12.01.2016 Adjustments Range 2016
- 01.10.2015 BIS BEURS GHENT 3-11 OKTOBER
- 09.08.2015 ISO 14001
- 11.03.2015 Novelties Batibouw
- 26.02.2015 Batibouw
- 26.02.2015 3.. 2.. 1.. Launch
- 26.02.2015 N70
