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25.11.2019 Fire Safety at the heart of the CFC Tower in Casablanca Morocco has a 27-storey main office tower located on the Anfa financial site in Casablanca.Several actors of the project relied on the skills and expertise of Efectis to... Read more

3.7.2019 Dear customers, stakeholders and partners As I write to you, a fire has just occurred in Paris with three fatalities and twenty-seven injuries. Our thoughts go to the families of those concerned! During... Read more

3.7.2019 PV panels: are they sufficiently fireproof? The need for alternative energy is becoming increasingly urgent, so the market for photovoltaic (PV) elements is increasing too. The emergence of PV systems also gives rise to... Read more

3.7.2019 COFRAC accreditation for Efectis France Efectis France has applied for COFRAC accreditation for the development of the reaction to fire test. COFRAC accreditation makes it possible for labs to develop their skills and... Read more

3.7.2019 Efectis starts fire engineering activities in London Efectis is delighted to announce that its new London-based fire engineering site opened at the beginning of June. This site is responsible for handling Fire Safety Engineering (FSE) studies... Read more

17.5.2019 First Fire Test In Expandable Furnace We have carried out a fire resistance test of a 3.5 meter height glazed partition for the first time by using our new furnace. It allows us to... Read more

15.5.2019 Efectis - Leader in large scale fire tests Efectis has been a prominent partner in realizing fire tunnel tests by providing solutions for conducting tests and performing measurements. Understanding the thermal behaviour of concrete and fire... Read more

12.3.2019 Oxygen consumption calorimeters at Efectis Measurement of heat release rates with oxygen consumption calorimetry is widely used nowadays for several purposes, such as research, materials development, regulation compliance and fire safety engineering. This... Read more

12.3.2019 Facade approvals and fire safety simulations in high-rise buildings in Morocco: CFC Tower (Casablanca Finance City) In 2016, Morocco launched the construction of a 27-storey tower for the main use of offices (bank and corporate offices) at the heart of ANFA’s new financial hub.... Read more

12.3.2019 New reaction to fire equipment at Efectis Nederland A new test facility is under preparation. This will be followed by a Round Robin series, organised by Egolf, relating to reaction to fire tests for building products... Read more

12.3.2019 CE marking requirements and UK market The European Commission has published an important notice, warning of the consequences that Brexit will have in the field of industrial products that are subject to CE Marking... Read more

12.3.2019 Fire Performance of facade The use of new and innovative products for facades has given rise to concerns about fire performance. Moreover, a number of recent fires (especially in high-rise buildings) in... Read more