Investment by Bauder Group to be largest in company's history

Paul Bauder GmbH & Co. KG will make the largest investment volume in the company's history over the next five years to increase production of flat roof materials for the Group across all its daughter companies. The materials make a significant contribution to sustainably reducing CO₂ emissions from buildings, and the increased production capacity will give delivery security and strengthen reliability as a sustainable trade partner.

Bauder expects the demand for roofing materials to remain high across Europe, and with an efficient building envelope being crucial for both new construction and refurbishment projects to reduce CO₂ emissions, the decision was made to invest in the product areas of PU rigid foam, bitumen membranes, single ply membranes, and liquid waterproofing. Existing facilities will be expanded, and new state-of-the-art manufacturing plants built with energy and resource efficiency a key focus.

Bauder already has large part of its electrical demand covered by its own photovoltaic systems on the factories flat roofs, production waste is recycled, and other emissions are reduced to a minimum through market-leading technologies.

The cross-Europe expansion plan embraces

Doubling production of FPO single ply membranes.
Plant expansion for increased bitumen membranes.
Plant expansion for the increased production and research and development of liquid waterproofing.
New plant to provide increased volumes of bitumen-based products and PU rigid foam

As a result of the five-year production growth plan, an additional 200 employees will be hired and sales will be expanded in all European markets.