F. McNeil & Co. Ltd. is formed (later to become Marley Waterproofing)

Ruberoid Roofing invented

Permanite Limited founded

Large roof project for Ruberoid in the USA

Ruberoid Company is formed

Ruberoid’s first advert placed in architectural press

First issue of internal Ruberoid magazine Roll Call

Development of profiled steel sheet roof decking pioneered by Ruberoid

Rolls of Ruberoid in convoy from Brimsdown to South Africa

Public Sector project proposal using asphalt

Ruberoid felt used in India

Ruberoid move address after High Holborn is bombed

Hessian supercedes steel mesh for runways

Second Mastic Asphalt unit opened in Matlock

‘Self-finished Bituminous Roofings’ CPD given to Ironmongers Association

Ruberoid launch all weather cricket practice surface

IKO is formed in Canada

Ruberoid creates its first 3D drawing to assist designers

Fire tests carried out on Ruberoid Re-inforced Glass Fibre Base Roofing

Ruberoid launch copper roofing

Ruberoid International Technical Committee is established

Hyload Factory is opened

F. McNeill & Co. Ltd. becomes first to introduce single ply roofing into UK market

Hyload is awarded first ever BBA Certificate & Ruberoid PVC sheeting is awarded first Kite Mark by BSI

Thomas Witter commenced the manufacture of roofing felt at Appley Bridge

Hyload DPC system used to protect Ramses statue in Egypt

Tarmac purchases Permanite Ltd

Permanite launches their first Roof Garden Engineering Brochure

Marley Waterproofing acquires F. McNeill & Co. Ltd

Ruberoid Solar Reflection Paint launched

IKO opens first plant in USA

Ruberoid Solar Reflection Paint upgrades specification from AB or AC fire rating to AA

Tarmac purchased Thomas Witter Group, owners of Appley Bridge site and demolishes the old factory and renovates no.1 plant

Permanite Asphalt became an independent company

Ruberoid produces first edition of acclaimed ‘Blue Book’

Tarmac purchases Ruberoid

Part of Tarmac Roofing Systems Industrial Products Division

Ruberoid PLC launched

Ruberoid acquires Hyload Inc and Blair Rubber in USA

Ruberoid acquires Kingsnorth Bitumen Products

IKO enters the UK market and acquires Ruberoid

PermaTEC Monolithic Hot Melt launched in the UK

Two new brands created

Permanite Engineered Roofing Systems brand is created

SpectraROOF Single Ply Engineering becomes single ply division at IKO

Clay Cross factory built

IKO Group acquires Marley Waterproofing

IKO supplied replacement materials to Scott’s Hut, nearly 100 years after original Ruberoid

IKO becomes UK’s first domestic manufacturer of single ply roofing

IKO launch IKO Solar photovoltaic energy roof system in the UK

Multi-million pound investment on Appley Bridge production line