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Knowledge, authority and expertise is in our DNA. We don’t just make and supply bricks, we understand bricks and what they mean. Beginning over a century ago, we continually learn, adapt and evolve to fine-tune our infrastructure and manufacturing methods. The result? An experience and product that goes beyond brick. It means we don’t just make and supply bricks, we understand bricks and what they mean.

WHEN IT COMES TO BRICK, WE’VE GOT YOUR BACK.

About AAB

Established In the UK for 25 years, AAB is the wholly-owned UK subsidiary of the leading Dutch brick producer De Rijswaard Baksteen. We supply over 100 brick types from De Rijswaard and top European producers, including Egernsund Tegl and Celina Klinker. Working closely with our partners, we ensure that the right brick and mortar combination is specified and delivered exactly where and when it’s needed.

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Our Brands

Rijswaard Baksteen

Our parent company operates a state of the art factory, focussed on energy recovery and self-generated electricity. The company name also represents our core range, which consists of ‘sand face stock’ and ‘handformatic bricks’.

Rijswaard Baksteen Retro

“Retro” is Rijswaard’s solution to a reclaimed appearance with guaranteed quality. Retro provides a full range of S2/F2 reclaimed-style products by utilising our core range processed in an automated tumbler.

Rijswaard Baksteen Sterrewaard

Sterrewaard is our newest press. Utilising belt-thrown clay and multiple sanding colours. Sterrewaard offers a softer handformatic texture, while still being produced in an energy-focussed environment.

Egernsund Tegl

Danish passion for design and quality are core to Egernsund’s product range. Manufacturing slop mould bricks, Egernsund offers a range to AAB that both contrasts and complements our own production.

Celina Klinker

Celina is an expert in extruded brick production, specialising in purpose-made slips and facing bricks. It's multiple extrusion techniques and firing sequences allow each clay to be available in varied finishes, such as the Grenoble range.

Mora Ceramicas

Mora produces a wide choice of coloured red and extruded bricks, and single-fired glazed products. Unique in its approach to milled clay, Mora's product range is diverse in shade. Options for a smooth product and a recently developed multi-colour series complete Mora's offering.

We utilise multiple manufacturing techniques to create a variety of textures

Our Textures

Dr119b waterford blend dove white mortar

Handmade Range

Producing handformatic bricks under our Rijswaard and Sterrewaard banners, our handformatic processes utilise a stock just as with our stock range. The difference is that the clay is coated in sand and thrown into the stock, which creases the brick surface at impact. The use of the second sand allows a greater variation in surface colour. The result is a brick with increased texture and greater colour variation. Handformatic textures differ between Rijswaard and Sterrewaard, based on our throwing method and the number of sands added. Rijswaard’s core range utilises clay thrown by a mechanical arm and pressed to finish. This creates a smile-like texture often focussed on the middle of the brick’s face. Sterrewaard sees clay thrown by a belt with no pressing. This creates a combination of softer textures with an area of larger folds in the brick face. Overall, the appearance is softer but with the potential for greater variation.
DR6 B Regent Stock

Stock Range

Manufactured on our Press 1 at Risjwaard, our sand-faced stock brick range is created by mechanically pressing prepared clay into a metal box (known as a stock). The stock is treated with a release sand, which becomes an integral part of the brick’s texture and colour. While only 2% of this applies to the brick's make-up, this sand has a significant impact. Stocks offer a relatively uniform appearance in texture. At the same time, their release from the stock causes subtle bends and imperfections which create a brick often considered prettier or more charming than shape angles.
DR513 B Wicklow Blend Blends

Blended Range

Blending is simply the process of taking bricks manufactured as their own specific product, and factory blending them to create a wider range of colour or texture. AAB offers blends from almost all manufacturing processes. Indeed, some of our most popular products come from the blended line, such as ‘Selsted Blend’ and ‘Waterford and Wicklow Blends’.
DR92 B Retro Utah Tumbled Retro

Retro Range

Retro takes bricks from Rijswaard’s core range and moves them through our automated tumbling process. Here, the bricks are tumbled by a large mechanical drum. This uses the impact of its surface – and the other brick surfaces – to soften edges, corners and the face surface, creating a reclaimed style. This process can mix up to three brick types to create varying contrasting shades, with an additional dynamic being added by the addition of white cement in the tumbler. The cement can add contrast to singular colours or add a harmonious tone across contrasting shades of brick.
DR519 B Hexton Blend Sterrewaard Range

Sterewaard Range

Sterrewaard is our newest press. Utilising belt-thrown clay and multiple sanding colours. Sterrewaard offers a softer handformatic texture, while still being produced in an energy-focussed environment. Handformatic textures differ between Rijswaard and Sterrewaard, based on our throwing method and the number of sands added. Rijswaard’s core range utilises clay thrown by a mechanical arm and pressed to finish. This creates a smile-like texture often focussed on the middle of the brick’s face. Sterrewaard sees clay thrown by a belt with no pressing. This creates a combination of softer textures with an area of larger folds in the brick face. Overall, the appearance is softer but with the potential for greater variation.
ET32 B Sisteron Slop Moulded

Slop Moulded Range

Slop moulds are produced by forcing clays – with it's surface saturated with water – into metal moulds. This water acts as the release agent, much like the sand in a sand face stock. Because their release doesn’t involve sand, slop moulds have a unique character, with an exposed clay surface which often offers softer colour tones. Given their exposed clay finish they are also commonly engobed . This means a thin layer of clay is subsequently added to the surface of the just-pressed brick, creating additional contrast in tones. This is best seen in the Sisteron.
CK1 B Grenoble Extruded Wirecut

Extruded/ Wirecut Range

Extruded production doesn’t utilise fixed moulds such as stock and slop mould bricks. Instead, the prepared clay is forced with pressure through an open extruder mould creating a continuous run of material faced to three sides. The continuous material is then cut by wires to form the individual brick height and finish the moulding process. Extruded bricks can offer a variety of finishes, from dense smooth surfaces to roller-applied textures and applied clay finishes. Extruded products generally offer sharper edges and more defined corners, and are often favoured for modern or cleaner aesthetics or for large architectural builds.

A multitude of specials from our Brick Hub Facility

None 90 Degree Corner copy

Non-90 Degree Corners

Providing flexibility and choice, these British Standard bricks are designed to allow the designer to turn brickwork through angles or chamfered designs both vertically and horizontally.
Plinth Brickwork

Plinth Brickwork

Providing detailing and interest, these British Standard plinth bricks allow the designer to move the brickwork forward and backwards whilst moving up the facade. Plinth bricks are often used to create simple feature steps in residential projects but can also be used to create more intricate details such as entrances and exits from recessed or protruding feature panels.
Sills

Sills

Overhanging sills are designed to provide the correct level of overhand and drip detail on window surrounds. This protects a facade from water penetration and ensures durable brickwork that withstands the test of time.
Concealment of Construction

Concealment of Construction

Brickwork can be used as a method of cladding to conceal construction elements such as steel angles, lintels, concrete toes or edge beams. The overall result of applying these special bricks is a uniform and matching facade throughout the project.
Queen C Loser Bond

Bonding bricks

Bonding is the arrangement of bricks to allow them to module in a specific way. This ensures stability throughout the facade whilst also offering a unique design pattern in the brickwork.
Wall Capping

Wall Capping

Providing resilience and attractive detailing, our wall capping options offer unique design solutions to retaining, standalone and garden walls.
Solider Course

Soldier bricks

Soldier bricks are designed to help maintain bonds through changes of angle and pitch whilst using soldier bonds.
Rounded Detail

Rounded Detailing - Bespoke specials from our Holland Factory

Rounded detailing is created by using radial brick specials to form circular brick features without the use of tapered joints,
Segmental Arch Non Structural

Arches - products to complement your build

AAB are able to produce a range of non structural arches. Our arches are pre fabricated non structural building elements. They are designed to increase site efficiency and remove the need for intricate and slow brick work on site. When used in conjunction with a load bear lintel to end result is a seamless brick arch. AAB offers a full design service with joiners capable of making the most intricate moulds, we have the capability to satisfy each and every customer’s needs.

Our Process

Concept1

Concept

We support your vision from concept to reality. That means gaining an understanding your ideas before recommending products that support your vision.
Specification About Us

Specification

Next, we recommend the products that will meet the aims of your project. This includes suitable brick, mortar, specials, slips, and arches.
Contract 1

Contract

We’re here to support you every step of the way. Transparency is key, and we provide upfront costs, schedules and everything you need to ensure a smooth project.
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Build

Throughout your project, we support you with clear and transparent information. We ensure schedules are stuck to, and regular contact is maintained.

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OUR VISION

INSPIRE

Reflecting the vision of architects, developers and builders, we go beyond choice alone. We provide the right answers for your project.

Manufacture

We’re a manufacturer of bricks. One of the best, and proud of it. We stick to what we’re best at, and do it with excellence.

Infrastructure

As one source of supply, we bring time and cost-efficiency. With one point of contact, we deliver with accuracy, precision and certainty.

Invested

The authenticity of a rich heritage. The confidence of investment in state of the art technology. The reliability of solid future-proofing powered by Rijswaard Bakseen.

Expertise

Knowledge, authority and expertise is in our DNA. We don’t just make and supply bricks, we understand bricks and what they mean.

Service

To AAB, it’s all about the client experience. That means providing value, being reliable, and sharing knowledge to ensure every project is successful.