The Onduline brand was launched in France back in the 40s with the introduction of the first innovative roofing solution: bituminous-corrugated roofing and under roofing systems. Over the next 75 years, we expanded rapidly across Europe and, throughout South America, East Asia and North America and became an international player. 

Today, Onduline is present in more than 100 countries worldwide and offers high-performing roofing waterproofing solutions to the market.

Our product range includes cladding systems for roofing and under roofing, roof lighting and complete waterproofing.

We are the indisputable leader in this segment, manufacturing more than 95% of world production of bitumen sheets.

1950

Launch of Onduline sheet, new roofing material in France.

1964

Opening of first two non-French sales subsidiaries in Germany and Italy.

1973

Industrial investments in Italy and Belgium.

1980

Opening of the Spanish subsidiary and later the Portuguese subsidiary.

1981

Launch of the under-roofing sheet in Italy.

1984

Invention of the world-first and patented process of pre-pigmentation before impregnation with bitumen.

1989 - 1994

Successful openings of sales subsidiaries in Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Ukraine.

Acquisition of Onduclair, specialist of transparent plastic roofing materials.

Launch in Turkey of the commercial and industrial subsidiary Onduline Avrasya.

2000 - 2010

Industrial investments in Malaysia, Spain, Poland, and Brazil .

Opening of sales subsidiaries in Latin America (Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru) and in Asia (China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam).

Launch of the first cellulose-bitumen based tile ONDUVILLA.

Onduline receives an award from JPMORGAN-HEC for being a family business that has successfully pursued the same growth strategy for 30 years.

2010

Acquisition of Tallant Industries in the USA, manufacturer and distributor of corrugated cellulose-bitumen-based roofing materials and transparent sheets made of vinyl

and polycarbonate and creation of OFIC North America.

2012

Launch of new subsidiaries in the Philippines and in Bolivia.

2014

Opening of a second line in Penang.

2017

Acquisition by Naxicap & Nextstone to build a larger pole around roofing & waterproofing, based on Onduline international expertise, especially for pitched roofs.

2019

7 production plants, 35 subsidiaries supplying roofing products to 130 countries worldwide.

2021

Creation of a new international industrial group dedicated to waterproofing solutions for buildings, the ONDURA group.

The new group is made up of 3 leading companies, all leaders in their fields: Onduline, alwitra and CB.

2022

Kingspan Plc, the global leader in high performance insulation and building envelope solutions signed an exclusive and unconditional agreement to acquire Ondura Group from Naxicap Capital and others.

The ONDURA group (Onduline, alwitra and CB), is part of Kingspan Plc.

Today

Today, Onduline operates in more than 100 countries with 29 sales subsidiaries worldwide, 8 production plants, in 7 countries and 1200 employees from 28 nationalities.

Onduline is Owned by Kingspan Plc.