Also known as the Great Sichuan earthquake, this disaster flattened some four-fifths of the structures in the affected area, 80km west-northwest of Chengdu, the provincial capital. Whole villages and towns in the region were destroyed, claiming the lives of almost 90,000 people.
In response to this natural disaster and the rebuild effort, Exintech introduced the innovative EXIN building panel as a lightweight alternative to traditional materials. To satisfy strict government building regulations and preferred product status, Exintech was required to undertaken structural seismic testing at the University of Beijing. This involved the construction of a four-storey enclosed structure upon a seismic test bed for earthquake testing.
Exinclad were subjected to and passed seismic testing at a recorded level of magnitude 9.0Mₛ.
Chinese building approval
The only building panel to achieve 9.0Mₛ level of resistance and the first foreign building product to receive China building approval for the Sichuan Earthquake re-build project. Exin Panel also passed mandatory combustion testing necessary for preferred product status imposed by central government.
