US firm stops sales of Grenfell Tower cladding for high-rises

The US supplier of cladding encasing London’s Grenfell Tower before it was destroyed by a devastating fire announces it was stopping sales of the material for high-rise buildings.

“Arconic is discontinuing global sales of Reynobond PE for use in high-rise applications,” a company spokesman tells AFP.

Smoke and flames billows from Grenfell Tower as firefighters attempt to control a blaze at a residential block of flats in West London on June 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Adrian Dennis)
Smoke and flames billows from Grenfell Tower as firefighters attempt to control a blaze at a residential block of flats in West London on June 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Adrian Dennis)

The firm put the decision down to “issues that have arisen in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy” and differences in building regulations around the world.

— AFP

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