LBS are the UK and Ireland’s largest importer and supplier of Chinese slate.

• Chinese slate has become very popular over the last 20 years
• LBS have been actively selling this product into the Irish marketplace since the mid-1990s and are of the opinion that Chinese slate is comparable with the finest quality premier grade Spanish slates
• This slate is now widely specified by architects and roofing contractors, and is available in Ireland and the UK exclusively through LBS
• The majority of Chinese slate comes from the Shaanxi province – a mineral rich area of China over 200,000 square kilometres
• LBS have long established relationships with Chinese slate producers
• Through extensive research with local partners and geologists, we have sourced some of the finest quality Chinese slate available on the market