SY to Manufacture Non-Combustible Sandwich Panels... "Obtained Non-Combustible Panel Certification"

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunseok Yoo] SY announced on the 1st that it obtained the ‘Non-combustible Panel Certificate’ for all thicknesses of sandwich panels used in the market, ranging from 50mm to 250mm, in a fire safety test conducted last month by the Korea Construction Living Environment Test Institute.

The product that acquired the non-combustibility certificate this time is a sandwich panel with glass wool as the core material. Generally, glass wool, an inorganic insulation material made using fiberglass, and the steel sheet on the surface of the sandwich panel are non-combustible materials. Until now, sandwich panels were classified as semi-non-combustible due to the paint components of the color steel sheet used for exterior cladding and the adhesive used between the products, which did not meet the non-combustibility standards. SY integrated self-produced non-combustible color steel sheets and non-combustible adhesive technology to receive the ‘Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Non-combustible Material Standard Compliance’ certification.

For reference, fire safety performance of building materials is broadly divided into ▲non-combustible ▲fire-retardant ▲semi-non-combustible ▲non-combustible. The non-combustibility certificate is the highest grade among fire safety performances, and if the standard is met, the material can be classified as non-combustible like concrete, bricks, and gypsum board. It must withstand temperatures of 750 degrees Celsius for more than 20 minutes without releasing harmful gases to humans.

A company official explained, "The reason sandwich panels have been stigmatized as kindling is that low-cost insulation materials and defective products, which only consider price rather than performance and genuine quality, have been distributed in the market," adding, "Basically, sandwich panels are advanced composite materials that use steel with fire-retardant insulation materials, ensuring excellent fire safety performance while securing insulation performance and workability."

He continued, "As government policies to minimize energy consumption in buildings, such as carbon neutrality, and strengthened building laws for public safety continue, the demand for sandwich panels that simultaneously secure insulation and fire safety performance will expand."

Currently, there is demand for high-grade sandwich panels with high fire safety performance in advanced industrial facilities such as semiconductor factories, large logistics warehouses, terminals, and local government public facilities.

SY has been steadily supplying sandwich panels to large domestic and international sites, including Coupang logistics centers at key bases, Hyundai Motor factories in Indonesia, and LRT (Light Rail Transit) station construction materials. The company also stated that it is prepared for the upcoming amendment to the Building Act, which will completely ban the use of combustible building materials starting at the end of December this year. Last year, they launched various fire-resistant products, including a 2-hour fireproof cleanroom panel developed jointly with Samsung Engineering.

A company official emphasized, "Since we produce the main material of sandwich panels, color steel sheets, in-house, we have secured price competitiveness despite recent raw material price increases and turned a profit in the traditionally off-season first quarter for the first time in five years," adding, "If selective orders and external sales of color steel sheets continue to expand, we expect to achieve the highest profit this year."

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