Focus on environmental issues in production and application

Natural raw materials

Icopal primarily uses natural raw materials like bitumen, sand, lime stone and slate in our production of bitumen membranes.

Environmentally conscious production processes

All Icopal production sites live up to high environmental standards. In general the ISO 14001 standard or similar standards for environmental management are adopted by Icopal companies. Recycling of production scrap is a key focus area in the production manangement and in the R

Safe mounting of the roof with Icopal products

Icopal membranes are typically installed by a clean welding process with no application of hazardous chemicals.   The risk of fire connected to the process is however an issue we at Icopal are well aware of. To reduce this risk Icopal has developed the Icopal Firesmart system - a

Long lifetime of the roof means less waste material

A roof covered with Icopal membranes or Decra steel tiles will on the average last some 25 years. This alone brings the volume of waste material generated per year to a minimum. Furthermore, the renovation of existing roofs is very often performed keeping the old roofing material on

Did you know....

That recycling is part of our waste chain management
That the Icopal won the EU Safety and Health Award

Icopal produces 191 mill sqm bitumen roof

Roofing is not a commodity production