It appears that the summer of 2005 will be remembered as the summer of "the big deal" in the commercial roofing industry.
The acquisition of Copper Sales and its UNA-CLAD brand marks a significant move by a manufacturer of conventional low-slope roofing systems. While this is not the first acquisition of a metal roofing manufacturer by a conventional roofing systems company, it is certainly the most significant deal of this type. The metal roofing industry continues to grow at a rapid clip and changes like this may become the rule rather than the exception. If this play works out, it may mark the beginning of the consolidation of an otherwise fairly fragmented metal roof manufacturing industry.