Michael Renaghan FCCA, Technical lead at Thor Duct ® , would like to express his gratitude to the team of Swedish (Ola Berg, Jesper Karlsson), Italian (Enrico Audisio), and Irish colleague (Barry Murphy and all the management at Lindab Ireland) for their successful completion of the development and testing phase of Thor Duct ® 2.0 , the company's latest product offering.

Lindab has acquired IP rights, customer contracts and supplier agreements for Thor Duct ‘s fire ductwork system. Thor Duct is based in Ireland and is licensing the production of its certified technology to a number of customers in the UK and Ireland, including Lindab. The acquisition includes customer contracts to a value of EUR 2 million and is a spin-off from current operations. The acquisition will add a positive contribution to Lindab’s profitability.

The introduction by the European Committee for Standardisation, (CEN) of a series of standards covering the placing on the European market of ducts for fire and smoke management, has set the bar for product safety. Compliance with the standards ensures they are fit for purpose, and perform as intended when called into action.

Mechanical Ventilation in a building is an essential part of creating comfortable conditions for the occupants. There is an entire science involved: too much air

In order to determine the maximum size permitted on the market as a certified product, the test standards are the critical document.

Fixing insulation to ductwork ignores the importance of a proven Integrity classification for the ductwork.

As fire strategy evolves, it is becoming a feature of every ductwork package to have an element of smoke, kitchen and fire ductwork incorporated into the package.

In our experience local markets need local suppliers, people they are comfortable with and trust. To this end, we have developed a licencing model for Thor Duct.