Starting in a Whirlpool fridge-freezer, the blaze eventually reached the exterior cladding, which was manufactured by Aconic Inc., and "highly combustible insulation" manufactured by
Celotex Corp., part of Saint-Gobain Corp., said the complaint.
In addition to Whirlpool, based in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the suit names as defendants cladding supplier Arconic Inc, headquartered in Pittsburgh, and insulation maker
Celotex Corp, a US subsidiary of French multinational Saint-Gobain, based outside Philadelphia.
In addition to Whirlpool Corp., cladding supplier Arconic Inc, headquartered in Pittsburgh, and insulation maker
Celotex Corp, a US subsidiary of French multinational Saint-Gobain, based outside Philadelphia, were named in the suit as defendants too.
There, he would transform his synthetic materials --drying out clay mixed with acrovinyl glue, peeling away the surface of
Celotex insulation boards, melting plastic (Fig.
To date, none of the corporate companies involved in supplying materials for the refurbishment, including
Celotex, which provided insulation for the cladding, or construction firm Rydon, the contractor for the project, have accepted responsibility.
He said Exova had not provided an opening statement to the inquiry, and insulation manufacturer
Celotex had taken no responsibility for the tower in Kensington, West London, being clad in flammable material.
The manufacturer
Celotex used extra fire retardant in the product that qualified for the safety certificate, it was claimed.
A section of the block bore Kingspan Kooltherm K15 panels, a combustible form of insulation, while the rest of the building was encased in
Celotex RS5000 panels.
It had been thought an insulation material called
Celotex RS5000 was the only type used at Grenfell - but on Monday, Channe1 4 News revealed that Kooltherm K15 was also present.
Celotex supplied its RS5000 insulation to form part of the rainscreen cladding fitted to the Tower Block.
Celotex, an Ipswich-based company, has said it made the insulation which fitted between the cladding and the concrete wall of the tower.