SSQ

International slate specialists

At SSQ, we supply the highest quality slate for a range of aspirational applications. Our slate is popular with conservation area renovations and listed building installations. Combing the sleek and unique appearance of slate with some of the best weather protection available today, SSQ slate is the building product of the future.

Natural slate pioneers

Forty years ago, Ahmed El-Helw fell in love with natural slate. At a Spanish trade show, he watched as skilled craftsmen demonstrated how thinly quality slate can be split and cleaved. He found it fascinating – so fascinating, in fact, that he’d go on to dedicate the next four decades of his life to the same material.

Ahmed founded Spanish Slate Quarries UK Ltd (SSQ for short), and became the first person to bring the finest quality Spanish slate to homeowners and architects around the UK.