Concrete pavers for Regina

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The end result: the City Square at Victoria Park in the
Canadian city of Regina, covered with pavers supplied by Klostermann from Coesfeld, Germany

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The pavers have dried completely after three weeks; they are ready for loading into the sea containers

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To prevent damage, the pavers are secured using a specially designed tying system and air cushions

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Klostermann adjusted the paver sizes to the laying pattern in order to minimize offcuts during the laying process

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(left to right): Michael Craemer, warehouse logistics manager, Florian Klostermann, managing partner, and Jürgen Fraune, paver plant production manager, in the demonstration garden of Heinrich Klostermann GmbH & Co. KG

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The gatekeeper performs a last check at the factory exit point

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The conveyor moves the aggregates from the bin to the mixer tower

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Klostermann operates three Rekers block machines

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Production manager Jürgen Fraune has stopped the production line and performs a random check to measure the block height

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The pavers after grinding on the Schindler machine

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Klostermann uses this and other spaces to store (mainly Kobra and Rampf) molds for about 500 paver sizes

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The “paver archive”: various sample pavers are stored in the shelf, complete with serial numbers

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368,000 pavers manufactured by German precast producer Klostermann were transported to Canada in containers by truck, ship and train. Today, they add to the aesthetic appeal of a central square in the city of Regina.

Crazy! Risky! Impossible! These are obvious reactions when imagining that concrete pavers should overcome a distance of 8,500 km from the precast plant to the construction site, crossing the Atlantic and several borders. Does it make economic sense to transport such a product that far, which is relatively simple in technological terms but quite heavy in large quantities? Florian Klostermann is fully aware of these concerns. In 2011, the managing partner of Heinrich Klostermann GmbH & Co. KG, headquartered in Coesfeld in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia, accepted the order of a...