A strong building material, HPL exterior panels are excellent for balconies and façade cladding. High temperatures are used throughout manufacturing to evenly apply ornamental paper to both sides of ...

Thousands of people are at risk of a Grenfell-style fire because of a “flawed” test that stated a type of cladding covering hundreds of tower blocks is safe, the government has been told. Fire safety ...

The repercussions from the fire tragedy at Grenfell Tower, which killed 72 people in a London high-rise in June 2017, continue to spread through the world of building fire safety. On July 18, the U.K.

A fire that broke out at a south London block last month involved a high-pressure laminate (HPL) cladding system similar to that used on Lakanal House, Southwark, and The Cube in Bolton, it has been ...

Cladding similar to that used on Grenfell Tower is lethal and must be fixed “as soon as possible”, government fire tests have found. Long-awaited tests carried out on High Pressure Laminate (HPL) ...

Cladding has been widely used on high rises, including Grenfell Tower Fire safety experts warn many of the 1,700 buildings identified as "at risk" in England are likely to fail new tests into cladding ...

Fire safety experts warn many of the 1,700 buildings identified as "at risk" in England are likely to fail new tests into cladding and building materials. Hospitals, schools, nursing homes and tower ...