The bulk of the insulation on the tower was provided by Celotex, a rival manufacturer. Kooltherm-K15 was also sold by Kingspan for use on at least 240 other tower blocks in Britain.

Irish giant Kingspan was accused of 'knowingly creating a false market for insulation' on buildings taller than 18 metres, which Celotex then sought to break into using 'a dishonest scheme to ...

Bereaved and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have said the inquiry’s final damning report shows they were “failed by calculated dishonesty and greed”. Grenfell United, which represents some of ...

Celotex then, in an attempt to break into this market created by Kingspan, “embarked on a dishonest scheme to mislead its customers and the wider market”, Sir Martin concluded. The Cabinet Office ...

Picture: Alamy Cladding firm Arconic also came under fire as part of the report, with insulation firms Kingspan and Celotex confronted with heavy criticism. The report found that while Kingspan could ...

Celotex then, in an attempt to break into this market created by Kingspan, “embarked on a dishonest scheme to mislead its customers and the wider market”, Sir Martin concluded.

Celotex passed its test at the second attempt in May 2014. But this test used secret additional magnesium oxide boards to strengthen the cladding panels – a feature declared neither in Mr Clark’s test ...

“Because Kingspan is based in Ireland, and Arconic’s European operations and Celotex are in France, our jurisdiction was limited. But we were determined to go after them,” Mr Gove said.

Contractors Kingspan, Celotex, Arconic and Rydon, who were involved in the Grenfell scandal, had previously been banned from council contracts in 2021.

Asked by Ivor Meredith, technical project manager at Kingspan, whether it had failed, Mr Clark replied that he was “on the fence at the moment” and he was “going to let it run”. When asked, Mr Clark ...

“We are calling on the government to ban Arconic, Kingspan, Celotex and Rydon from central or local government procurement processes. And finally start acting in the British public’s interest.

Celotex then, in an attempt to break into this market created by Kingspan, “embarked on a dishonest scheme to mislead its customers and the wider market”, Sir Martin concluded.