As far back as the end of the past century, methods were known for making building blocks from the natural raw materials quartz sand and lime. At the turn of the century that method was improved by steam curing.
This, in turn, was the starting point for a further developed building material containing a large proportion of air spaces-aerated concrete. The generic term “aerated concrete”, which was coined a very long time ago, is a concept which no longer does justice to the present ACICO building material, because the gas (hydrogen) generated during the gas-forming process evaporates even before steam-curing.