Bitumen roof shingles provide several advantages: - They can adapt to any roof design and come in multiple shapes and colors, allowing for creative designs. - They are extremely durable, wind resistant, and provide excellent sound and weather insulation for the roof. - Once installed, they completely seal the roof and prevent intrusion from insects or animals.

3. Why bitumen roof shingles?

7. Advantages shingles
 Adaptability to any
roof design  creativity architect!
 Multiple shapes and
colours
 Creative and stylish
design

8. Advantages shingles
 Maximum durability - even at extreme hot
temperatures
 Excellent sound-insulating - e.g. rain and hale
 Lightweight  renovation thatched roof
 Extreme wind resistant - up to 220 km/h
 Entirely sealed off roof – no intrusion of
insects/animals possible!
 No risk for corrosion/colour loss
 Insurance

9. world’s largest family-owned manufacturers &
exporters of roofing products
long history – established in 1951
safe choice: zero long-term debt
solid choice: in business for many years to come
market leader – 300.000.000 m2 in NA
Who is IKO?
Mission Statement

10. Where?
Group headquarters:
Toronto, Canada
Production facilities:
Canada
North America
Europe

11. 2011
Shingles production plant
in Senica (SK)
Milestones
1951
Foundation IKO Calgary,
Canada
1960
Expansion in Canada
1972
First European
production unit in Ham,
Belgium
1979
Total: 10 new production
units in North America
1990
Acquisition MEPLE S.A
in France
2000
Acquisition
RUBEROID Group
2007
Acquisition Marley UK
Construction of
IKO insulations factory
2009
Construction of
IKO single ply
factory (PVC membranes)
2010
Significant share in
Metrotile Europe

12. IKO Group
Europe
2
divisions
Residential
shingles
Commercial
roofing + single ply + insulation +
corrugated sheets

13. IKO Shingles
IKO Group
Europe
Asphaltco B Meple F
Ruberoid
Atab B Nebiprofa
Permanite
Touwen
Atab D

14. founded in 1972
1st European manufacturer of bitumen shingles
shingles in Europe = Niche Product
local subs: • Germany (1991)
• Czech Republic (1995)
• Poland (1997)
• Hungary (1997)
• Slovak Republic (2002)
• Romania (2007)
• Ukraine (2009)
IKO Sales International
Background

15. new factory Senica (Slovakia)
• raising shingle market in Central and
East Europe (Russia, …)
• production line laminated shingles
• patented nailing zone io nailing nile
wind resistance,
bigger lamination
IKO Sales International
Long term vision

16. IKO Sales International
Core values
high quality

17. • To guarantee a top quality production
process IKO produces its own raw
materials.
 Granules (film)
 Glassfibre inlay
 Oxidized bitumen

18. IKO Sales International
Qualities
biggest shingle range > 55 different types
stronger, durable > heavy fiberglass reinforcement
CE label
„platinum“ warranty
experience in:
production
technical service (projects, training)
marketing support

19. + Transport -
+ Labour -
Cost
Platinum
Guarantee
Material -
FULL -
+ ….. -
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5
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10
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15
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20
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25
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30
Duration
10 > 30
Platinum Guarantee

20. IKO shingles vs Chinese shingles
• External: shingle.
• Technical characteristics China bad/not
reliable
– Mechanical: tensile width & length, nail tear
elongation width and length : upto 20 % less

21. – Bitumen leaking between granules:
• Extremely important
• Substantial decrease of the lifespam of
shingles. (damage of bitumen by UV) 
dimensions of granule

25. • Quality of the granules?
– granule loss after short period
– bitumen exposure after granule loss
– colour stability?
– blistering

26. Blistering

28. • Problems with self seal dots (sticking of
the sheets to each other)
• No/problems with colour blends
(lamination effect on roof?)

29. Reference photos on www.iko.be

30. Thanks for
your attention !