Grenfell: Arconic boss denies concealing 'disastrous' test results
Arconic did not deliberately conceal test results of its aluminium composite material (ACM) product that “failed disastrously”, the president of the
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Arconic did not deliberately conceal test results of its aluminium composite material (ACM) product that “failed disastrously”, the president of the
Arconic, the company which made cladding for Grenfell Tower, did not tell its customers about the dangers of one of its products following a 2009 blaze in another building because nobody was injured or died, an inquiry has heard. The president of the firm's French arm, Claude Schmidt, told the Grenfell Tower inquiry his company did not warn about the use of polyethene (PE) panels, despite being alerted to a fire in Bucharest, Romania. A...
Test was used as basis for UK rating, allowing ACM to be used on buildings above 18m
Claude Schmidt admitted more tests ‘should have been carried out’ but said cladding panels were ‘flammable but not necessarily dangerous’
Test was used as basis for UK rating, allowing ACM to be used on buildings above 18m