Pure nature in perfection

Slate. Our profession, our passion. Our world. In a time dominated by hectic pace and We are lucky that in the marine deposits high-tech, constant values and traditions and the folding of the earth in the region have a very special significance. of today‘s Mayen there existed especially The architecture as an expression of lifestyle and as a cultural benchmark is certainly one of these special values. It connects tradition with the future, favourable conditions for the formation of slate. To these circumstances we owe our Moselschiefer® – slate of top quality lying deeply below ground. aesthetics...

Time travel. The history of slate is also the history of the genesis of our earth. At the beginning there was the sea. For the Creator it was certainly only a Different conditions naturally existed at triviality. But the interaction of many any place where slate was formed: other conditions that in the primeval times compositions, other temperatures, other dominated some places of the earth movements. Therefore there are differences in the character and optics formation of roofing slate. of the slate depending on the specific About 400 million years ago deposits with the finest grains of masses...

Roots. The Genoveva Castle. Symbol of Mayen. A heart of slate beats in the Eifel. The Moselschiefer® is at home in the expressive volcano landscape of the Peak of a volcano in the rising sun. A typical picture of the Eifel landscape. We feel obliged to slate. And also to our region that is marked by this unique foothills of the Eifel. The ancient Romans natural resources. already knew how to estimate this robust building material and mined it here. Many historical buildings with roof landscapes made of Moselschiefer® For more than 200 years we have show a long tradition of the local mined „the...

Glückauf.* What some day should be on the roof and at the façade, lies deep in the earth. You really have to go deep down Only the expert has the capability in order to reach „the black gold of to recognise in good time whether a new stope is sufficiently profitable. This resource does not make it easy for Test drilling processes as well as the miners. It hides itself behind infinitely strong rock formations that do examinations help him to make not show the necessary quality for the A call to the operator of the hoisting machines takes persons or materials upwards. this important decision. The...

Presence. In Mayen at home – active in the entire world. Our entire engagement is aimed at the Everywhere in the world we select the unique natural material slate. Because of best slate deposits for mining and this we are probably not only the largest producing our slates which we market German slate producer but also world- under our trademarks InterSIN® and wide one of the largest slate suppliers. A large part of our InterSIN® slate we Mayen where we mine the exclusive mine in our affiliated company CAFERSA – Moselschiefer , affiliated companies one of Spain‘s most important slate and marketing...

Progress. Modern technique lifts ancient mineral resources. With a gigantic diamond saw an exact ”cutting pattern“ is brought along the rock lines into the mountain. Thus uniform blocks can be detached with special machines. What formerly had to be painfully The Moselschiefer® mine Margareta wrung from the mountain by drilling shows a highly modern innovation in the and blasting is today achieved with slate mining technique. Here a serpentine modern technique in an environmentally tunnel leads downwards and it is used by trucks for direct loading. The minable slate is sawn with a diamond In our...

Care. The completed roofing slate. Everyone of them was carefully mined, processed and checked. A long way from the slate block to the roofing slate. It requires a lot of skill and careful action final thickness of approx. 5 mm. Hereby until the massive slate blocks turn into the valuable slate for roof and façade. naturally created mica layers in order to Slate that give every roof and every achieve a clean splitting. façade the aura of something special. The roofing slates receive their real shape The specialists participating in the mining during processing. Depending on which and production...

A lot of experience and know-how is required in order to assess the quality of the slate. Insights. The best is just about good enough. In addition to the carefulness during the In addition to the constant quality processing, the consistency of the rock is samples from our Moselschiefer® mines, decisive for the quality of the roofing examined in order to guarantee a high standard, samples are regularly The employees of our affiliated company RAPIDASA take care of and co-ordinate our InterSIN® production in Spain and carry out constant quality tests. slate samples from all over the world are slates....

Dialogue. There is nothing to beat a personal talk. The natural product slate is unique. Here the continuous training and From the geology via the individual women and men of our staff takes façade design it is a building material Rathscheck invites regularly to a large number of events for training and advanced vocational training. advanced vocational training of the roofing slate to the individual roof or One never stops learning. first place. Regular symposiums offer architects, Thus slate connects all the participants – craftspeople and specialised roofing from the miner to the builder, from...

Competence. All the information around the building material slate under: Slate makes the craft an art. Covering roof or façade with slate is Slate connects tradition with modern always something special – expression times. And Europe‘s cultures with of an individual lifestyle and testimony each other. Rathscheck is in close partnership This natural material for covering roofs with the roofers, the planners and the and façades has a very long tradition in architects. A whole range of special tools Europe going back into the times of the making laying easier for the roofer as well ancient Romans....