The president of Arconic has denied that it was “deliberate concealment” not to tell British regulators that its cladding product had burned in a test, the Grenfell inquiry has heard.

Arconic president Claude Schmidt told Wednesday’s hearing that the British Board of Agrement “could have found out” about the test results of its Reynobond PE cassettes, which were installed as part of Grenfell Tower’s ill-fated refurbishment.

In 2005, the firm had tested two versions of its Reynobond PE cladding, a type of combustible ACM which included a 100% polyethylene core.

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