We Present IKO Shingle Generation 2.0
As the world leader in lightweight roofing shingles, IKO sets the standard in roofing shingle innovation. With more than 70 years of experience in shingle technology, meeting European standards of high quality and demonstrating agility in the face of today’s global challenges, IKO continuously improves roofing shingles to meet today’s and tomorrow’s expectations in terms of resistance to storm and high winds, hot weather, humidity, snow, or persistent rain.
Weather extremes force us to look for ways to further improve the performance of our products.
IKO has further enhanced the reliability of the highest quality roofing shingles with the new IKO Shingle 2.0. IKO roof shingles consist of carefully selected and local European raw materials of a fiberglass inlay, bitumen, and a topcoat of natural stone granules in a variety of colors. We have further refined our recipe for the production of quality shingles.
Just like the organisms around us, our shingles are undergoing evolution. Our innovations are evolutionary in nature.
For IKO Shingle 2.0 we use finer granules. We have also changed the granulometry of the natural stone granulate. “Granulometry means the distribution, composition and texture of particles based on their size ranges.” Finer granules allow us to cover the surface of the shingle more homogeneously.
The granulate particles can be more accurately embedded into the bitumen base. This gives us a more compact surface layer. Improved coverage provides the UV protection of the bitumen substrate.
The surface of the 2.0 shingle is more resistant to mechanical damage, thus pushing the test results well above the already high standard of our products in this area.
To even further support this innovation, IKO has also focused on adding an additional extra to the surface finish layer. The granules are finished with a water repellent coating.
Water has a destructive effect on shingles throughout the year. When it freezes in the shingle structure over the winter, it causes a slow release of the stone sprinkle. However, during spring and summer, the shingle structure becomes an environment with optimal conditions for moss growth.
Our aim is to prevent as much as possible the access of water into the structure of the granules. This theory has been proven in the lab. The improved coated granules are less water absorbent and due to its finer structure or granulometry, water has more difficulty of getting through.