Pavestone Company Announces New Plant for Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, NC?EUR??,,????'??+Pavestone Company, the nation's largest producer of interlocking concrete paving stones and segmental retaining walls announces plans to build a manufacturing facility in Charlotte, North Carolina with groundbreaking and site renovations already underway.

"The growth of Charlotte and the immediate proximity to cement and aggregate suppliers make this location ideal for our new facility," stated Robert J. Schlegel, Chairman and CEO, Pavestone Company. "It is also a central location for our eastern distribution channels and will serve as production back-up to our Atlanta and Maryland facilities. This strengthens Pavestone's ability to provide faster and more efficient distribution to our national and local customers."

Pavestone Company purchased the former Barmag facility at 1101 Westinghouse Blvd. in Mecklenburg County. The 90,000-square-foot building sits on 20 acres of land, perfect for the company's use and storage needs.

Schlegel reports that the plant, when in full operation, will create employment for approximately 50 people in the first year of production. "With the current growth rate in the retail and commercial sales of landscape products, we expect this plant will employee over 100 personnel when the plant is operating at full capacity in a year or two.?EUR??,,????'??

Through a strong retail presence and rapidly growing markets in landscape contracting and design, Pavestone Co. has established its position as the dominant player in interlocking concrete paving stones, segmental retaining walls, landscaping systems, erosion control products, architectural paving slabs, and precast architectural site furnishings. Pavestone Co. is headquartered in Dallas.

"The Charlotte facility will manufacture paving stones, segmental retaining walls, edgers, patio stones, and bagged rock," said Chris Cox, Director of Facility Management and project manager for the building of this new plant. "The plant will utilize modern, state-of-the art concrete production machinery in production of the highest quality hardscape products. A tumbling machine will allow us to deliver pave stones with an antique look; the popularity of this product has been fantastic."