HISTORY OF SOPREMA
WHERE IT ALL STARTED
Strasbourg, 1908
Seeking to develop a fully waterproof fabric that would also be flexible and easy to install Charles Geisen found the solution by soaking jute fabric in hot bitumen. The result gave a lightweight but strong screed. Given the strength and durability in the screed he called it Mammoth and so the SOPREMA logo was born.
Owing their worldwide success to commitment to quality and innovation, the company has a century-old tradition of promoting new and bold ideas which permeate through all aspects of the business and is the world leader in waterproofing solutions.
The company was formed 1908 bringing years of specialization to the manufacture and development of waterproofing complexes. SOPREMA has always chosen to innovate, invest and anticipate the future while preserving the environment and its natural resources.
Thanks to continuous rigorous optimization by R&D departments SOPREMA’s waterproofing systems today provide outstanding performance in terms of resistance, reliability and durability.
A commitment to people
SOPREMA understands the importance of supporting employees and places great focus on good working conditions in factories and worksites. So strong is the company’s focus on workplace satisfaction that it includes it as part of its approach to sustainable development. The group’s policy of innovation is very much focused on the health and safety of employees and users of their products.
Learn more about SOPREMA’s acquisitions:
Trainingscenter Club Expert
Opening of SOPREMA’s new trainingscenter in North-West Europe: Club Expert.
Insulation rebrand
– EFISOL becomes EFYOS
– Launch XPS-insulation within SOPREMA Group
PAVATEX
Acquisition of Pavatex – Experts in Insulation manufactured from renewable raw materials.
ALSAN PMMA
New ALSAN 770 PMMA liquid waterproofing and surfacing range.
TOPOX
Acquisition of TOPOX: Extruded polystyrene
EFISOL
Acquisition of EFISOL, PUR/PIR insulation manufacturer
SOPREMA Ireland
SOPREMA incorporates a wholly owned and operated subsidiary SOPREMA Ireland Ltd with directly employed local staff and distribution centre.
FLAG
Acquisition of FLAG: Expert in synthetic waterproofing.
ADEXSI
Acquisition of ADEXSI: Specialised in smoke extraction.
ALSAN: Liquid waterproofing
Development of the ALSAN liquid waterproofing range.
New management
Pierre-Etienne BINDSCHEDLER, great-grandson of the founder, takes the role of CEO at SOPREMA.
Launch SOPRANATURE
Innovative solutions for green roofs.
Invention of the SOPRALENE range
First SOPREMA SBS modified bitumen membrane created. Now the best selling range from SOPREMA UK.
Creation of SOPREMA
Creation of SOPREMA – Société des Produits et Revètements d’Etanchéité Mammouth
“Mammoth Waterproofing Products and Coatings Company”
1st MAMMOTH membrane
Charles Geisen invents the 1 st <<MAMMOUTH>>-membrane
Founding of the company by Charles Geisen
Charles Geisen founds ‘les Usines Alsaciennes d’Emulsion’
Lummerzheim Family
The Lummerzheim family started up a factory, producing the first bituminous waterproofing membranes, as we know them today.