Arconic stopped offering French customers Grenfell cladding because of fire safety concerns, inquiry hears

By Tom Lowe2021-02-16T10:51:00

But UK sales manager says he was never given the instruction

Arconic ordered its French sales team to stop selling the type of combustible cladding installed on Grenfell Tower over a year before the fire, the inquiry has heard.

The hearing was shown an internal email on Monday from the firm’s French sales director Alain Flacon instructing French sales teams to stop recommending Reynobond PE, a type of ACM cladding, to customers because of fire concerns.

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