Arconic told a “misleading half truth” when it presented only European fire test results for its Reynobond 55 PE cladding in rivet form, omitting details of a separate test on the cassette variant that had to be stopped, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has heard.
Giving evidence in French through an interpreter for a second day, Arconic director Claude Schmidt accepted lead counsel to the Inquiry Richard Millett’s suggestion that it was “half truth”, saying: “You can see it like that”.
Tests in 2005 resulted in a Euroclass B for the Reynobond 55 PE cladding in rivet format but the test on the cassette variant, which Arconic expected to perform better, had to be stopped after 850 seconds, leaving the technical department “puzzled”. The product later went on to achieve a Euroclass E in 2010.
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