Research & Development

Technological innovation is the hallmark of Garland service and product solutions. At The Garland Company, “good” is never “good enough.” By continually evolving unique product and service offerings that raise our industry's bar of performance, we are able to offer all of our customers the solutions best suited to their particular needs.

Garland R & D; we were the first U.S. roofing manufacture to introduce modified bitumen systems to the commercial roofing market; the first to introduce unique polymer blends extending membrane life; the first to offer low-slope insulated steel roofing panels; and the first in our market to promote roofing materials using recycled crumb rubber. We've played a leading role in offering high-performance VOC compliant and no VOC maintenance and attachment alternatives as well as, a full-line of uplift-resistant standing seam metal roofing designs. Today, that tradition of innovation continues with our industry's most comprehensive selection of high-performance roofing and flooring systems, restoration products, and maintenance materials that promote energy efficiency and long term sustainability.

Our team of experts in the Garland laboratory scrutinizes all raw materials for quality and monitors every aspect of performance before a new product is launched. Garland's Team Innovation encourages marketing and sales functions to cross-fertilize with product development, manufacturing and R & D, reducing time to market for customer-responsive innovations and increasing customer satisfaction at every step along the way.