Cladding at Center of London Fire Will Not Be Sold for High Rises
By DANNY HAKIMJUNE 26, 2017
LONDON — Arconic, the American manufacturing giant
that sold combustible paneling used in Grenfell Tower, a London housing project that was the site of the deadliest fire here in decades, said Monday it would no longer sell the same type of material for use in high rises.
“We believe this is the right decision because of the inconsistency of building codes across the world and issues
that have arisen in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy regarding code compliance of cladding systems in the context of buildings’ overall designs,” the company said in a statement.
