claerhout aluminium

What claerhout aluminium does

Claerhout Aluminium NV is a privately held Belgian industrial manufacturer founded in 1981 and headquartered in Harelbeke, Belgium, specializing in aluminium building envelope solutions. The company operates two business units: Dakrandsystemen, focused on standardized roof edge systems (Iconik, Iconik Light, Clips&Go 2.0, Series 6, T Series, Ekonomik, Roofing Clips, Fusionn), coping slabs, balustrades, and facade coating; and Claerhout Aluminium Installation, the dedicated project department that delivers turnkey aluminium solutions from measurement and internal engineering through 3D visualization, in-house production, and on-site installation. Underlying capabilities include custom aluminium bending, folding, and an in-house powder coating facility (poederlakkerij), supported by a modern machine park; the Iconik Light roof edge system is patented. Products are designed with circular-economy principles, enabling assembly and disassembly, and are offered in extensive RAL colour palettes including anodized finishes.

The company serves a horizontal B2B customer base of contractors (aannemers), architects, and industrial clients across Belgium — with a primary focus on the Flanders region and a growing international footprint evidenced by a four-language website (Dutch, French, English, German) and an 81-project reference gallery. Pricing is quote-based per project, with customers requesting bespoke quotations via the website or dedicated email channels (e.g., [email protected], [email protected]). Go-to-market is sales-led, supplemented by content marketing through the website, the Claerhout Academy instructional video platform on YouTube, and organic social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram). The company is family-owned with no external investors, no parent or subsidiary structure, and no disclosed funding rounds.

Name

claerhout aluminium

Legal name

Claerhout Aluminium NV

Website

https://claerhoutaluminium.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Claerhout Aluminium is a privately held Belgian manufacturer, founded in 1981, that designs, fabricates, and installs aluminium roof edge systems, coping slabs, balustrades, and facade solutions for contractors, architects, and industrial clients primarily in Belgium with growing international reach.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aluminium Building Envelope Products

NAICS

Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing (332322), Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil Manufacturing (331315), Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding (331318)

SIC

Sheet Metal Work (3444), Metal Doors, Sash, Frames, Moldings & Trim (3442)

akta.pro primary industry

Aluminum Value-Added Components (Automotive, Aerospace, Packaging, Building Systems) (IMAKACAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Aluminum Fabrication & Finishing (Machining, Anodizing, Coating) (IMAKACAI), Aluminum Extrusion (IMAKACAG)

Keywords

• Aluminium building envelope
• Roof edge systems
• Balustrade fabrication
• Wall coping slabs
• Facade cladding

Headquarters

HQ city

Harelbeke

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Aluminium Building Envelope Products: Sale of aluminium products for building envelope applications including roof edge systems, coping slabs, balustrades, facade coating, and plant systems. Both standard product lines and custom-made solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Claerhout Aluminium is a Belgian manufacturer specializing in aluminium building envelope solutions, including roof edge systems, coping slabs, balustrades, facade cladding, and plant systems. The company operates two business units: Dakrandsystemen (Roof Edge Systems) for standardized product lines and Claerhout Aluminium Installation for custom project-based solutions from measurement and 3D visualization to production and on-site installation. Products are finished in-house using the company's own powder coating facility (poederlakkerij) and modern machine park for bending, folding, and fabricating custom aluminium profiles.

Product overview

Claerhout Aluminium is a Belgian manufacturer specializing in aluminium building envelope solutions since 1981, operating two business units: Dakrandsystemen (Roof Edge Systems) and a project-based installation department. The product portfolio consists of five main categories: Roof Verges & Roof Verge Systems (including Iconik, Iconik Light, Clips&Go 2.0, Series 6, T Series, Ekonomik, Roofing Clips, Fusionn, and accessories), Coping Slabs (standard and Iconik Cover), Balustrades/Railings (Logan, K2, Matterhorn, Eiger, Dome, Fuji, Everest, Everest Peak, Everest Snow, Silverthrone, Merapi, Blanc, Denali, Trivor, Kilimanjaro, and accessories including handles and wind barriers), Facade Coating (Decorative Plates, Dormer Window systems), and Plant Systems. The company emphasizes circular economy principles in product design, particularly with Iconik and Clips&Go systems that are designed for easy assembly and disassembly. All products are available in various RAL colours including anodized finishes, and the company operates its own powder coating facility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Claerhout Aluminium Installation: Project department of Claerhout Aluminium that translates complex architectural ideas into perfectly finished realizations, providing total solutions from A to Z with precision, craftsmanship, and technical finesse.

Products and services

• Iconik A two-part roof edge system consisting of a base profile and decorative trim, designed for quick assembly and disassembly with circular economy principles. Targeted at contractors and roofers for flat-roof finishing.
• Iconik Light Patented two-part roof edge system with base profile (with or without LED) and decorative trim, suitable for EPDM membranes from 1.0 mm to 2.5 mm thickness. Features pre-punched 6x16mm oval holes and 30mm gable end to cover wooden boarding.
• Clips&Go 2.0 Roof edge system developed with a circular construction approach, featuring modular clip-on components for quick and simple installation on flat roofs.
• Series 6 Extruded aluminium roof verge profile system available in multiple sizes, including outer-corner configurations.
• T Series T-shaped extruded aluminium roof verge profile system offered in multiple size options with matching outer corners.
• Ekonomik Economical extruded aluminium roof verge profile with visible front sides of 60, 80 or 100 mm and a grooved supporting surface for optimum roof covering bond.
• Roofing Clips Roofing clip system for the secure attachment of roof edge elements, including the specialized BIX & FOX variants for specific roof configurations.
• Fusionn Roof edge system with an integrated finishing profile, including the Fusionn product line and Fusionn BIX & FOX variants.
• Wall Connection Profile Extruded aluminium wall connection profile with 70 mm height and 1.8 mm thickness for connecting roof edge systems to adjacent walls.
• Cobblestone or Gravel Stop Aluminium profile bent from sheet with protective film, designed to stop cobblestones or gravel on roof surfaces.
• Discharge Pipes Extruded aluminium discharge pipes available with curves and sockets, in all RAL colours including Anodic RAL.
• Coping Slabs Custom-bent aluminium coping slabs from sheet with protective film, featuring extruded aluminium brackets and rot-free PVC foam rubber insulation for wall top finishing.
• Iconik Cover (Beady Coping Slab) Beaded wall cover plate system for wall edge protection.
• Dormer Window Cladding (Dachgaube) Aluminium dormer window covering bent to measure from sheet with protective film, in Al Mg 1 alloy with 3 mm thickness, available in all RAL colours including anodized. Vertical front from 2 corner fittings and upper parts up to 3000 mm length.
• Decorative Plates Custom-bent aluminium balcony decorative plates from sheet with protective film, featuring extruded aluminium brackets and rot-free PVC foam rubber insulation.
• Plantsystemen (Plant Systems) Aluminium plant system solutions designed for building integration, supporting greenery on facades and roof edges.
• Logan Balustrade Railing with 2 horizontal beams and invisibly suspended vertical 30/20 bars, featuring a 50/20 upright with base plate. Includes Logan XL extended-proportion variant.
• K2 Balustrade Balustrade with 2 horizontal beams and invisibly angled 30/20 vertical bars, with 50/20 upright and base plate.
• Matterhorn Balustrade Railing with 2 horizontal beams and invisibly suspended 65/17 vertical bars with base-plate uprights at regular intervals.
• Eiger Balustrade Railing with 45x34 mm vertical uprights and 50 mm diameter handle flush with upright, with safety glass mounted between two 32x30 mm glass holders.
• Dome Balustrade Railing with 45x34 mm vertical uprights, safety glass mounted between 78x30 mm horizontal handle and 32x30 mm glass holder.
• Fuji Balustrade Railing with 70x34 mm vertical uprights and safety glass mounted between 103x30 mm horizontal handle and 32x30 mm glass holder.
• Everest Balustrade Railing with 82x45 mm vertical uprights between which safety glass is fitted, with an aluminium cover profile at the top.
• Everest Peak Balustrade Balustrade with 82x45 mm uprights and safety glass that can protrude 20 cm above the upright, available in straight, faceted or curved versions.
• Everest Snow Balustrade Railing with 82x45 mm uprights and safety glass protruding 20 cm above the upright, with horizontal handle on the inside.
• Silverthrone Balustrade Railing with sturdy aluminium base profile and transparent clamped glass with aluminium cover profile at the top.
• Merapi Balustrade Railing with safety glass strip between two 30x30 mm glass holders and two 25 mm diameter tubes between handle and glass.
• Blanc Balustrade Railing with 45x34 mm vertical uprights and 50 mm diameter handle, with 25 mm diameter tubes at the bottom, available in straight, faceted or curved design.
• Denali Window Railing Window railing with two 60x25 mm vertical profiles fixed to window or facade structure, with safety glass between profiles.
• Stair Railing 2 Tubes Stair railing with two vertical 40/40/2 mm tubes and 40 mm diameter round aluminium handle with four 25 mm diameter knee rails.
• Wind Barrier Wind barrier with 45x45 mm or 88x45 mm circular aluminium frame fitted with 44.2 or 33.2 matt laminated safety glass.
• Railing Coping Slabs Aluminium coping slabs in Al Mg 1 alloy with TIG-welded corner fittings and special half-braces for wind resistance, designed for use with balustrade systems.
• Aluminium Handle 40 mm diameter round aluminium handle with aluminium supports, available in natural-colour anodized 20 microns or enamelled in any RAL colour.
• Trivor Balustrade Balustrade system with mountain-themed design featuring vertical bar infill.
• Kilimanjaro Balustrade Balustrade system with mountain-themed design featuring vertical bar infill.
• Claerhout Aluminium Installation (Project Department) Custom project-based service translating complex architectural ideas into finished aluminium building envelope realizations, providing total solutions from A to Z: on-site measurement, internal engineering, 3D visualization, in-house production and on-site assembly/installation by the company's own installation teams.

Quantifiable outcome

• Products designed for quick assembly and disassembly supporting circular construction

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Panoramah!: European designer and supplier of glass balustrade and railing systems. Direct competitor within Claerhout's balcony and railing sub-range, especially for safety-glass mounted systems (Everest, Silverthrone).
• Q-railing: European specialist in balustrade and railing systems (glass, stainless, aluminium). Direct overlap with Claerhout's balustrade/railing category (Everest, Logan, Matterhorn ranges) for architects specifying balcony and terrace systems.
• Aliplast: Belgian manufacturer of aluminium building systems (windows, doors, sliding, facade) headquartered in Lokeren. Closest direct peer given shared Belgium-based aluminium building envelope focus, dealer/architect channel, and breadth of building-system components.
• Sobotec: Canadian manufacturer of architectural aluminium roof edge systems, coping, fascia, and column covers. Highly analogous specialty in roof-edge and building envelope components, making it the closest functional competitor despite geographic separation.

Broad incumbents

• Ponzio: Polish aluminium systems manufacturer serving facade, window, door, and architectural applications. Overlaps on architectural aluminium components and competes for mid-sized European commercial envelope projects.
• Aluprof: Polish-headquartered aluminium building systems group (windows, doors, facade, roller shutters) with strong European distribution. Competes on facade cladding and architectural aluminium components across Central European construction markets.
• WICONA: Hydro-owned aluminium building systems brand for windows, doors, and facades. Competes with Claerhout on facade and envelope specifications in European commercial construction, offering a more integrated but less specialised product range.
• Schüco: German global leader in aluminium and steel building envelope systems (windows, doors, facade, sliding). Competes for large commercial envelope tenders where Claerhout's specialty products may be specified, with significantly greater scale and R&D.
• Reynaers Aluminium: Major Belgium-headquartered aluminium systems supplier for windows, doors, sliding, curtain wall, and roof/facade solutions. Direct competitive overlap on building envelope specifications, but with much broader portfolio, multi-national footprint, and stronger architect specification programmes.
• Technal: International aluminium building systems brand (part of Norsk Hydro) covering windows, doors, facade, and solar protection. Overlaps with Claerhout on architectural envelope specifications and competes for architect relationships across Europe.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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