We
are pleased to announce that our manufacturing plant
in Shanghai has received the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management
System Certification from SGS,
the world's leading inspection, verification, testing
and certification company.
The attainment of the ISO 9001:2000 Certification is
a testimony to the excellent quality of our
fire-rated panels as well as our commitment to quality,
customer satisfaction and continuous improvement in
every aspect of our business.
We
are pleased to announce thatPolyboardhas been awarded an Ecolabel by the Environment
Canada's Environmental Choice™ Program (ECP).
Environment Canada retains broad ownership, control
and management of the ECP and the EcoLogo (The Program's
official symbol of certification), ensuring the Program's
credibility.
Canada's
ECP and its EcoLogo™ are internationally renowned
because of the program's stringent certification process.
A key aspect of certification is the requirement for
third party verification of compliance to ECP certification
criteria This process includes:
a
review of each applicant company's product and process
information;
an examination of the company's quality assurance
(QA) / quality control (QC) measures;
and,
where deemed necessary by ECP officials, an audit
of the company's facilities for purposes of initial
certification.
These
measures contribute to ensuring that only the highest
environmental standards are set by products and services
carrying the EcoLogo. For
more information regarding the ECP and criteria, please
visit their website.
We
are pleased to announce that we have developed a 4-hour
FRP
E&M services enclosures using mineral wool as
insulation. The sytsem achieves 4
hours insulation and integrity in
accordance of BS 476: Part 20.
We
are pleased to announce that we have developed more
cost-effective
partition systems using mineral wool as insulation.
Specifically, a 74 mm
Non-loadbearing Partition System
using a single layer of 6 mm
on each side of a common steel stud frame is able
to achieve 2 hours insulation
and integrity in accordance of BS
476: Part 22. In addition, a 111 mm
Non-loadbearing Partition System
using 2 layers of
on each side of a common steel stud frame is able
to achieve 4 hours insulation
and integrity in accordance with BS
476: Part 22. In
fact, the 4-hour fire-rated partition system is the
thinnest available in the market to achieve such a
fire-rating -- Another World First!
We
are pleased to announce that Stoddard
Silencers of Canada Inc. is now the exclusive
distributor of Polyboard
for the noise control industry in Canada.
Stoddard Silencers manufactures equipment to help
control the potentially harmful effects of noise pollution
in industrial applications. For more information on
Stoddard Silencers and their product lines please
contact info@stoddardsilencers.com
or call (416) 291-4390.
We
are committed to offering our customers attentive
and efficient services and here is a most recent note
of appreciation from a leading architectural firm
in Colorado, U.S.A.
"We
wanted to drop a quick note of thanks to your company
- - Trish in particular - - for the service we have
received. Our company had used the
product in the past with success and we were interested
in using it again on a large residential project we
are working on...
Trish
was pleasant and efficient in handling our needs and
making this happen. She provided us with the material
safety data sheet as well as test results documentation
to share with our partners. The entire transaction
from initial telephone contact to deliver on our dock
was NINE days! Truly amazing.
Thanks again from Bryan Architectural Woodwork in
Colorado."
We hope you will share with their enthusiasm.
Click here to
see the email from Bryan Architectural Woodwork.
CentiMark,
a major roofing contractor in North America, endorses
the use of Polyboard
as a key component of their industrial roofing systems.
Click here
to see the endorsement letter from CentiMark.
-Hmeetsthe Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA)
Title 49 Subtitle B Chapter II Part 238 approval requirements.
This section of the code outlines the requirements for
materials that are going to be used in passenger trains
and people movers. The Appendix B to Part 238 details
the approval requirements and is titled "Test Methods
and Performance Criteria for the Flammability Criteria
for the Flammability and Smoke Emission Characteristics
of materials Used in Passenger Cars and Locomotive Cabs".
Specifically, -H
is in compliance with the FRA requirements as they pertain
to the surface flame spread (ASTM E162) and rate of
smoke generation (ASTM E662). In addition, -H
meets the M7 Technical Specification criteria as they
pertain to toxic gas generation (Boeing BSS 7239).
Polyboard
attains the UL94HB
Horizontal Burning Classification for the "Test
for Flammability of Plastic Materials for Parts in Devices
and Appliances".
Another
First for Polyboard!
We are proud to announce that after 3 years
of intensive research and numerous tests, we have
become the world's first manufacturer who can produce
such 4-ft wide solid thick boards as 28mm (1"),
32mm (1.25"), 38mm (1.5") and 44mm (1.75"),
equivalent to the nominal lumber sizes of 1.5"
to 2.5" to extend our wide range of gauges 6mm
to 25mm (1/4" to 1"). Click here
for details.
fire-rated panels as well as our commitment to quality,
customer satisfaction and continuous improvement in
every aspect of our business.
