Products & Services
An oil change for your roof
By The Coffee Shops™. SoyLei’s APEX-1132™ helps contractors bring preventive maintenance into the asphalt-shingle roofing lifecycle. Roofing contractors know replacement drives business, but long-term customer relationships are often built before a roof reaches the end of its life. SoyLei’s APEX-1132™ gives contractors a way to approach asphalt-shingle care as preventive ...
75 years and still growing
By Emma Peterson. The latest company milestones include a bold new shingle color and the construction of IKO's eighth North American plant. 2026 marks the 75th anniversary of IKO Industries’ operations. And over those decades, IKO has grown a lot. The story starts back in the 1950s in Calgary, Alberta, ...
StrongHold™ single-ply solutions
By Emma Peterson. BITEC’s comprehensive single-ply solutions deliver the durability and efficiency your projects demand. If you’re looking for products that you can trust to add long-term value and protection to your next low-slope roofing project, look no further than BITEC’s StrongHold™ line. The single-ply roofing systems have been carefully ...
Now available: Award-winning ThermaThin 7 polyiso insulation from Carlisle SynTec
Carlisle SynTec Systems engineers insulation panels designed for thermal efficieny. Carlisle SynTec Systems has introduced ThermaThin 7™, a new polyiso insulation solution that delivers R-7 per inch for commercial roofing applications. Compared to standard polyiso insulation at approximately R-5.7 per inch, ThermaThin 7 helps project teams achieve thermal performance with ...
Guiding homeowners to the right roofing material
By The Coffee Shops™. Contractors who lead with education can strengthen customer relationships and improve project outcomes. In the article “Shingles, metal or tile: How to lead a customer to the right answer for them,” Marco Industries highlights an important lesson for roofing contractors: homeowners are often seeking guidance, not ...
Why COIs matter
By Jesse Sanchez. Strong certificate management can help contractors and trade businesses reduce risk, document coverage and protect financial stability. For contractors and trade businesses, certificates of insurance (COIs) can seem like routine paperwork; something exchanged before a job begins, filed away and rarely revisited. But Integrity Insurance & Bonding ...
Streamlining the takeoff process
By Anna Lockhart. Get to quoting faster with quick takeoff turnaround from Central States Manufacturing. Correctly calculating a metal roof takeoff is an important part of the estimating process, and a measurement that, if inaccurate, can lead to serious consequences. This is why Central States Manufacturing, is finding ways ...
Celebrating eight decades of craftsmanship
By The Coffee Shops™. Scottish roofing contractor Bain & Irvine celebrates a milestone that reflects generations of dedication to preserving historic structures. In the article "Bain & Irvine Marks 80 Years in Scotland’s Heritage Roofing Sector," Bain & Irvine reflects on eight decades of craftsmanship, growth and preservation of some ...
Matching single-ply systems to roofing demands
By Jesse Sanchez. IB Roof Systems representatives explain how building use, climate and performance expectations should guide membrane selection. During a live Coffee Conversations® at the Florida Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Association (FRSA), IB Roof Systems™ representatives Jamie Treglio and Rob Dehaan discussed the growing role of single-ply roofing. ...
Building the metal roof retrofit industry
By Emma Peterson. How Roof Hugger introduced retrofit roofing as an alternative to metal tear offs and coatings. Founded 35 years ago, Roof Hugger has made a name for themselves fabricating metal retrofit solutions. To learn more about the story of how this innovative company came to be, Heidi J. ...
