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 August
2007
Euroclass
A1 Fire Rating for Hodgson & Hodgson Ceiling Tiles
Acoustic
specialist Hodgson & Hodgson Group has achieved a Euroclass A1 fire
rating for its Type E Thermos acoustic ceiling tile
pads. The rating, part of a new common system of fire testing across
the European Union, is the highest product standard for non-combustibility.
Prior
to the introduction of the Euroclass rating system, each country in the
EU had its own fire tests in support of its national building regulations.
A manufacturer wanting to sell construction products in the EU would have
had to undertake more than 30 different tests for Reaction to Fire in
order to do so. Because of the difficulty of comparing the data from these
many different tests, a common system of fire testing for construction
products has been implemented across EU member states. Tests in one country
are now valid across the European Community as a whole.
"The
A1 standard is the highest European fire safety classification that can
be granted to a product" says Glynne Balshaw-Jones of Hodgson &
Hodgson. "The test criteria are stringent and the products really
have to perform. Achieving the rating means our clients can now see at
a glance the high safety levels of our Thermos ceiling tiles, an important
factor when designing rooms and carrying out hazards and risk evaluation".
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