Wilhelm Dyckerhoff Institute

“One step closer to the future”

Chemical engineer Fulvio Canonico has been managing Wilhelm Dyckerhoff Institute for Building Materials Technology since early in 2017. The WDI is responsible for the entire research and development of the cement manufacturer – and together with the laboratory in Trino, Italy, also for R&D projects of the Dyckerhoff parent company Buzzi Unicem. The editorial department of the technical journal BFT International met in Wiesbaden with Canonico, Dr. rer. nat. Dieter Israel, head of the WDI subdivision “Laboratory Operations”, and with Graduate Civil Engineer Graduate Industrial Engineer Martin...

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