Manager warned cladding firm to ‘urgently’ improve safety years before Grenfell fire

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But Arconic continued selling Reynobond PE panels in the UK until a week after the Grenfell Tower fire

A manager at the manufacturer that sold combustible ACM panels to be used on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment warned colleagues two years before the fatal fire that the cladding was dangerous and a safer version should be sold instead.

Arconic technical manager Claude Wehrle’s warning came shortly after the firm’s US parent company had sought an assessment of the Reynobond PE panels produced in France and sold into the UK market.

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