Tegola Canadese

Tegola Canadese S.r.l. is an Italian manufacturer of asphalt shingles, waterproofing membranes and roof components, based in Vittorio Veneto in the province of Treviso, north-eastern Italy. It is part of the IWIS Group (IWIS Holding). The company name translates as "Canadian tile", the common Italian term for asphalt shingles, reflecting the product's North American origins.

Products

• Asphalt shingles: fibreglass-reinforced bitumen shingles with mineral granule surfaces, in a variety of shapes and colours, including the UNICA line.
• Safety membranes: waterproofing underlays and membranes for use beneath shingles and other coverings.
• Roof components to complete shingle roofs.

The company promotes research carried out with universities and offers long-term limited warranties on its shingles.

Markets

Italy is Tegola Canadese's home market. Its network of partner websites covers Slovenia and Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Brazil, India and Russia.

Asphalt shingles in Europe

Asphalt shingles are far less common in Europe than in North America, where they cover most houses. In Europe they are used mainly on timber-frame houses, holiday homes, mountain buildings and roofs with curved or complex shapes, where flexible shingles are easier to fit than rigid tiles. They are typically nailed to a continuous timber deck with an underlay, unlike tiles hung on battens, and are covered in Europe by the harmonised product standard EN 544. Shingles are fixed with nails, and in some systems also with self-adhesive strips that bond the overlapping shingles together in the sun's heat to resist wind uplift.