We are more than 30 years in the field of construction and for the past 25 years, we have been involved in the development and production of façade systems. The Raketerm cladding panel was born as a result of long development work, which includes a lot of work and know-how from Estonian and Finnish researchers.
In over 20 years thousands of different buildings have got their new outer lining in the Baltics, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom.
AS Rake is a construction company established in 1988. Our work history includes dozens of new buildings and hundreds of renovated and renewed social, business, production and residential buildings in Estonia, participation in the renovation of the Astoria Hotel and the Hermitage Theater in St. Petersburg, the Priupskbank Building in Jefremov, the office building in Tula and several renewed stores in Moscow and Riga.
In 1995, we started working with the researchers of Institute of Wood, Polymer and Textile Technology at the Tallinn University of Technology and the Insinööritoimisto Jaakonsaar enterprise in Finland, to develop new insulation materials for building facades. And so, a few years later, the facade panel Raketerm was developed, and it has become a foundation of a comprehensive system for the renovation and insulation of exterior facades.
In the years 2004-2006, our product reached a qualitatively new level as a result of applied research and product development project supported by Enterprise Estonia. As a result, the facade panel Raketerm thanks to its effective appearance, low operating costs and easy installation, has now received a warm welcome and a solid position in the Estonian facade cover market.
We are fully committed to expanding production activities and opening up export markets. A permanent exposition of construction products, which also includes the facade panel Raketerm, was opened in Rainham, London suburb.
We have concluded a contract for the production of facade panel Raketerm with antic carmes stone tile for the outer cover for a 5-storey apartment building built in Sheffield, Infirmary Road. This our the first major supply contract in the United Kingdom, with Jenkins Veitch Nolan Architecture Ltd, whose main contractor is Elite Building Developments Ltd.
In view of the need for overall energy conservation, we decided to start selling high-quality building materials, innovative insulation and sealing solutions, and we created the wholesale department for such purposes.
Rapid developments of the Internet has forced us to make changes to and keep up. We created a completely new website and opened an e-shop for Estonian market.
