StormFighter FLEX Polymer Modified Impact Rated Shingles
TAMKO
TAMKO’s StormFighter FLEX is the century-old company’s latest offering in storm-resistant and resilient roofing. The newest product offering in the Proline shingle series won the Experts’ Choice Award for roofing products at the 2024 International Roofing Expo, and stood out for its strength and flexibility. TAMKO officials tout it as an all-weather performance shingle that not only withstands impact and high winds but can also perform in freezing temperatures.
Highlights include a 160 mph wind warranty, installation at 25 degrees Fahrenheit and Class 4 impact rating.
COASTALUME
US Steel Corp., DuPont
Mother Nature’s assaults on the United States Coasts in consecutive record storm seasons have pushed a lot of building materials manufacturers back to the innovation lab for new products. Two of the country’s oldest and most successful companies have joined forces to help protect coastal environments.
COASTALUME, a creation of the United States Steel Corporation and DuPont, is designed specifically with coastal communities in mind for storm seasons. It combines the strength and self-healing characteristics of U. S. Steel’s GALVALUME material with DuPont’s Tedlar PVF film barrier that resists saltwater corrosion, impacts and UV damage.
This first-time collaboration offers a level of durability for residential and commercial construction that’s being touted as maintenance-free and aesthetically desirable.
DuraPlan EcoSet Green
Bitec, Inc.
Introduced about a year ago, Bitec, Inc.’s DuraPlan EcoSet Green remains the roofing industry’s first and only ultra-low-solvent adhesive designed specifically for cold-process APP-modified bitumen roof systems, including slopes up to 3:12.
Performance aside, its environmentally-friendly formula is also safer, with a very low odor ratio of less than 25 g/L VOCs. It can be used to construct single or multiple plies of Bitec-approved base sheets and cap sheets or as a flood coat in cold-process applications, making it ideal for schools, hospitals and other odor-sensitive buildings.
