30/01/2023
Compass Roofing, a Scotland-based roofing contractor, was chosen by our audience as the Best Natural Slater of the year. As part of the prize, they will visit our quarries and Headquartes in Northern Spain. Let’s catch up with them to see how they found competing against other roofing companies from all over Europe. CUPA PIZARRAS […]
21/11/2022
We are glad to announce that the new Foster and Partners London project will include our products. The CUPACLAD 101 Logic natural slate rainscreen cladding system has won the contract due its aesthetic appeal and high-performance credentials. It is a great honour for us to be part of the new iconic project designed by Foster’. […]
11/11/2022
Our good sustainability practices from this year have been recognized as CUPA PIZARRAS, part of CUPA GROUP, has received the EcoVadis gold medal. This is the most reliable sustainability certification for corporations globally. Congratulations to everyone who has helped us during this process! In 2021, we received the silver certification and this year we have […]
Dr. Víctor Cárdenes Van den Eynde
Geologist and roofing slate independent consultant
11/10/2022
Slate is certainly an exceptional material. Its physical, mechanical and structural properties make it unique and there is no other rock in nature which brings together so many favourable characteristics for a variety of uses. For prehistoric societies, which did not have factories or industries to provide homogenous and regular building materials, slate was a […]
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Dr. Víctor Cárdenes Van den Eynde
Geologist and roofing slate independent consultant
19/09/2022
Natural resources are the cornerstone of the construction industry and human civilization. Everything we use in our daily life has been extracted from nature, although, sometimes through damaging to the environment during the process. Natural slate is not an exception, but its extraction process has the lowest environmental impact among all the roofing materials. This […]
22/08/2022
It’s time to go back to normality after the summer. This can be seen as the return to routine or the opportunity to see classmates, teachers, and games in the playground again. Were you the type of kid that was always really excited to go back to school? Educational centres are usually unique buildings. They […]
18/07/2022
CUPACLAD has been very busy turning heads. Our natural slate rainscreen cladding system has recently been shortlisted as a product for its innovation and a couple of London-based buildings as an example of great projects. We are glad to announce that CUPACLAD has been shortlisted as ‘Product innovation of the Year’ in the 2022 London […]
14/07/2022
Traditionally, the term tile has been used to denote an individual piece of baked clay that is placed on a roof for the purpose of channelling rainwater. The appearance of more and more artificial products that try to imitate natural slate has led to the term being extended to include the term ‘slate’ as well. […]
