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BREAKING NEWS

Investors Sell Off Shares in Grenfell Tower Insulation Firm Kingspan (Breaking News)
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/14/investors-sell-off-shares-in-grenfell-tower-cladding-firm-kingspan

Investors Sell Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of Shares in Kingspan Which Supplied Combustible Panels at the Grenfell Tower
https://digismak.com/investors-sell-shares-of-kingspan-grenfell-tower-cladding-company-grenfell-tower-consultation/

Kingspan Director Denies Misleading Grenfell Inquiry by ‘Forgetting’ to Mention Rigged Fire Test
https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/kingspan-director-denies-misleading-grenfell-inquiry-by-forgetting-to-mention-rigged-fire-test/5111087.article

New Report – Evaluating the Fire Risk Associated with Cladding Panels: An Overview of Fire Incidents, Policies, and Future Perspective in Fire Standards
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/m3kqI1uV2T3aQ4S#pdfviewer​

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fairview Webinar on Combustible Cladding Legislation (22nd April 2021)
https://wideformatonline.com/news/wide-format-news/11094-fairview-webinar-on-combustible-cladding-legislation.html

Cladding Safety Victoria Shows Progress with Residential Program Scorecard
https://www.vic.gov.au/our-projects

Bass and Swinburne to Collaborate on Graphene Alternative to Flammable Cladding
https://www.thesentiment.com.au/bass-and-swinburne-to-collaborate-on-graphene-alternative-to-flammable-cladding/

ABCB Proposes 14 Ways to Stop Dodgy Products on Building Projects
https://sourceable.net/abcb-proposes-14-ways-to-stop-dodgy-products-on-building-projects/

Three-Quarters of Cladding Systems on New Medium-Rise Buildings Use Combustible Materials, Data Shows
https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/three-quarters-of-cladding-systems-on-new-medium-rise-buildings-use-combustible-materials-data-shows-70298

Sydney Application for Replacement of Non-Compliant ACP Cladding
https://online2.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/DA/IndividualApplication?tpklapappl=1525720

Witness Statement of Adrian Pargeter of Kingspan  (Declassified)
https://assets.grenfelltowerinquiry.org.uk/KIN00000494-2018.10.01-20-20Witness-20Statement-20of-20Adrian-20Pargeter-20-28inc-20appendices-29-20-28Kingspan-29.pdf

New Research Provides Insight on the Effects of Flammable Cladding on Owners’ Wellbeing
https://www.docklandsnews.com.au/columns/detail/owners-corporation-law_17330/

The Road to Grenfell: A Disaster They Knew Would Happen
https://www.ifsecglobal.com/fire-features/the-road-to-grenfell-a-disaster-they-knew-would-happen/

Cladding Ban Would Lead to ‘Mortgage Crisis’
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cladding-ban-would-lead-to-mortgage-crisis-mmt5gp3dd

CLADDING TESTING

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Our laboratories provide specialist cladding and facades testing services, from identification, compositional analysis and combustibility risk.
Our accredited laboratories in Melbourne are renowned as the foremost lab in Australia for cladding testing.
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Step-by-Step Guide For Evaluating the Combustibility Risk of Cladding
https://www.claddingtest.com/

Australian NATA Testing Laboratory Offers Cladding Identification and Testing Services (to determine Combustibility Risk Profile)
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This Newsletter is brought to you by ExcelPlas Labs Australia’s Largest group of Polymer Building Materials Testing Labs.
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Melbourne Testing Lab for Testing of Architectural Cladding Materials and Combustibility Risk
ExcelPlas now performs Positive Material Identification (PMI) and Combustibility Rating (CR) on architectural cladding such as Aluminium Composite Materials ACM, Aluminium Composite Panels ACP, Expanded Polystyrene Panels EPS, Polyisocyanuarate Foam Panels PIC and others.
We have extensive experience with testing of polymers and polymeric building materials.
As a Nationally Accredited Testing Laboratory, our technicians, equipment and quality system are monitored regularly for proficiency and compliance assuring that you can count on quality results every time. 
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