About PREFA

Solution for Building Envelope

For more than a decade Euro Metals offers premium products for roof and facade applications to the New Zealand Market. ​We are proud to represent some of the most recognised manufacturers of architectural metals. Photovoltaic and storage systems, roof accessories, design and detailing advice complement our services.

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Materials with a Future...

One of our Brands is PREFA. PREFA has its roots in the post-war reconstruction era, nearly 200 miles away in Salzburg. The landscapes and cityscapes of Europe in the mid-40s were characterised by extensive war damage, destroyed roofs and broken shingles. The inventive tinsmith Alois Gödl was on an intensive search for new materials and ways to develop a durable roof. He experimented a lot with different metals in his workshop. Soon his choice fell on aluminium: the properties of this material were impressive even then. Gödl worked on the material and finally formed a roof tile modelled on roof shingles, by means of pressing and folding, and so this new innovation in roofing was born. The process also gave PREFA its name: an amalgamation of the German word for pressing (Pressen) and folding (Falzen). The first roofs were quickly covered with the new product, and you can still admire those PREFA roofs in the city of Salzburg to this day.

The slogan “A roof as strong as a bull” was developed in 2001 and makes the PREFA brand one of the best-known, most popular and strongest brands in Austria. “Strong as a bull!” is everything that PREFA stands for: products with extreme resistance and durability.