CREABETON and Oxara Launch Low-CO2 Pavers

Rickenbach LU/Dietikon ZH – CREABETON and the Dietiker start-up Oxara are launching a new series of low-CO2 paving stones. The bricks are made with Oulesse, a cement-free binder developed by Oxara. They are available in the standard form, water-permeable and as turf stones.

(CONNECT) CREABETON, a building materials company based in the canton of Lucerne and a subsidiary of Müller-Steinag Baustoff AG, has developed a new series of cement-free paving stones together with the start-up Oxara. According to a press release, the new concrete blocks produce 30 percent less CO2 emissions than conventional paving blocks.

The new product is available in three versions. In addition to standard paving stones, water-permeable or grass paving stones can also be laid. Instead of conventional cement, the material uses the Oulesse binder developed by Oxara, a spin-off of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH).

"With these products, we are responding to the growing demand for climate-friendly construction solutions," said Hendrix Müller, CEO of the Müller-Steinag Group, in the press release. "Our collaboration with Oxara enables us to offer our customers more sustainable alternatives - today, not in a few years' time." Martin Bodmer, Head of Operations at Oxara, is convinced that the collaboration with CREABETON can scale up his company's sustainable developments. ce/ww

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