About LAMA

Your Roofing Materials Manufacturer

LAMA is a roofing underlayment and membrane manufacturer based in Ontario, supplying distributors and private-label partners across Canada and the US.

1963

Founded in the Middle East

LAMA was founded by Dr. Zafer Sawaf, a chemical engineer with a PhD from Purdue University and a background in the Ministry of Industry and the Arab Standards and Metrology Organization. His work in asphalt chemistry formed the technical foundation the company still builds on.

1985

First Membrane Line

After more than a decade developing coatings and mastics, LAMA added its first membrane production line. The formulation work from those early years — refined through thousands of batches — is what the current product line is built on.

1990s

Regional Standard

Through the 1990s, LAMA became a recognized standard among contractors in the Middle East — a reputation built on consistent product performance, not marketing.

2019

Canadian Manufacturing

LAMA Canada was incorporated and a manufacturing facility was established in Ontario. The same formulation discipline, applied to North American climate requirements and supply chains.

We manufacture roofing membranes: ice and water protectors, high-temperature underlayments, self-adhesive base and capsheets, torch-applied membranes and more.

Every product is built to do one thing: protect the roof assembly. Our job is to make sure it does that the same way every time.

In our plant, rolls don't just leave with a label. They leave with a memory.

If a roll could talk, it would know:

  • which batch it came from,
  • the temperature of the tank when it was made,
  • the lot number of every raw material that went into it,
  • the line settings the moment it was formed,
  • the inspection points it passed,
  • and the hand that signed off its final QA check.

We just store it in the system instead of letting the roll brag about it.

Every production run is logged. Every parameter is recorded. Every roll is traceable back to its origin.

So if a question ever comes up, we don't guess. We go back to what the roll remembers.

We manufacture for distributors, private-label brands, and the contractors they serve.

Distributors get a predictable line they can rely on. Private-label partners get their identity built on top of a controlled production platform. Contractors get a product that installs without issues and doesn't come back as a warranty call.

Our job is to make the product behave the same way every time it's unrolled.

LAMA's manufacturing facility is in Ontario. We ship to distributors across Canada and into the US — short routes, direct from the plant.

We stay focused on manufacturing. Our partners stay focused on distribution.

We don't compete with our distributors. We don't sell to their customers. We don't chase saturation.

It's a simple split:

  • We manage production and development.
  • Our partners manage relationships, markets, and contractors.
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