Quality and Enviroment

QUALITY and ENVIRONMENT

Quality and environmental protection aim to ensure the sustainability of UMBELINO MONTEIRO's activity, focusing on continuous improvement
of the organization with special emphasis on simplification of processes and procedures, improvement of products and services, and the development of employees.
QUALITY, ENVIRONMENT, AND SAFETY
UMBELINO MONTEIRO, S.A. embraces Quality, Environmental Protection, Safety, and Health at Work as strategic priorities of the company, essential in satisfying customers, sustainable development, improving products and services, and developing employees. We maintain and continuously improve our Integrated Quality, Environment, and Safety Management System.

UMBELINO MONTEIRO has had certified Quality and Environmental Management Systems according to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards since 2011, covering the production and commercialization of ceramic tiles and accessories, as well as the commercialization of other roofing accessories.

Given that Safety and Health are strategic priorities of the company, our safety system was certified according to NP 4397/OHSAS 18001 in 2016, transitioning to ISO 45001 in 2019, making us the first Structural Ceramic company to achieve this!


 
PRODUCTS WITH QUALITY GUARANTEE
The ceramic products manufactured by UMBELINO MONTEIRO, S.A. comply with Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of March 9, 2011, which establishes harmonized conditions for the marketing of construction products.
In this context, factory production control and performance assessment are carried out in accordance with the harmonized standard EN 1304:2013, which defines conformity criteria for ceramic tiles and accessories.

UMBELINO MONTEIRO, S.A.'s tiles meet, and greatly exceed, the minimum performance criteria established by the Construction Products Regulation. These performance criteria include:
  • Mechanical resistance / flexural strength
  • Impermeability
  • Freeze-thaw durability
  • External fire performance
  • Reaction to fire
  • Dimensions and dimensional variation
UMBELINO MONTEIRO, S.A. maintains product certification for various ranges of ceramic tiles – Advance Premium and UM, including the models Lusa, Marseille, Dinamic, and Canudo.
The products of UMBELINO MONTEIRO, S.A. are produced through careful selection and management of clays, with strict control over various phases of the production process, offering rigor, resistance, guarantee, and profitability.
UMBELINO MONTEIRO's ceramic tiles, due to their obvious functional and aesthetic advantages, are ideal for roofing in adverse weather conditions and for those looking to invest in a durable solution.

 
SUSTAINABLE ROOFING
The ceramic tile is a safe, durable, aesthetically valuable building material, and its use for sloped roofs is the most efficient and sustainable solution compared to other options.

The sustainable life cycle of tiles begins with the extraction of clays, which are naturally available and easy to extract, done in a way to minimize associated environmental impacts, and being locally sourced, it represents a smaller ecological footprint.

Ceramic tiles have excellent life cycle performance, with a lifespan of over 60 years, during which they require very low maintenance levels. When damaged, they are easily repairable, eliminating the need to replace an entire roof, as they can be replaced individually.

At the end of their useful life, tiles are a completely inert waste, with enormous potential for incorporation into new manufacturing processes as crushed aggregate, in a wide range of applications.

Sloped roofing with ceramic tiles, given the natural thermal resistance and reflectivity of the ceramic material and the ventilation of the structure, provides buildings with more space, a longer lifespan, better energy performance, and allows for a wide range of finishes to be chosen. Its sustainability allows for obtaining the maximum number of credits in environmental building classification schemes.

UMBELINO MONTEIRO, S.A., as a participant in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), along with the Edilians Group, of which it is a part, is committed to meeting carbon emission reduction targets by optimizing consumption and applying the best available techniques.
 

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