Shinto (company)

Shinto is a company operated in Japan which manufactures and sells roof tiles. Founded in 1963, the company also provides engineering work in addition to importing and exporting roof materials.

Shinto is known for the manufacturing of ceramic roofing tiles. The company's original horizontal-pile firing system designed for flat-style roofing tiles achieves high quality products with small construction times and little waste material. Shinto has expanded from just making ceramic tiles, and is the first company in this industry to combine and commercialize solar panel roofing into roofing tiles. Currently, the company offers clay roofing of various shapes, PV roofing systems, and module and system roofing tiles, all of which are environmentally-friendly products.

The roofing tiles that the company offers can be selected in different styles such as Japanese or Western-style tiles.Shinto aims to constantly diversify their tiles to the wide range of shapes and colors that customers require while maintaining environmentally savvy standards. They achieve these standards by meeting Japanese Industrial Standards certifications.