SPECIAL paint made in East Lancashire has been used in the new Terminal 2B at Heathrow Airport.

Crown Paints’ flame retardant Crown Trade Timonox was chosen for the £2billion scheme, the largest airside project the airport has ever undertaken.

Terminal 2B has been constructed by Balfour Beatty and sets a benchmark in sustainability as the world’s first Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) certified airport terminal.

Balfour Beatty consulted with suppliers, including Crown Paints, to ensure complete sustainability throughout the project, something which was aided by Crown Paints’ carbon footprint reporting process.Mohamed El Shazly, Balfour Beatty’s environmental adviser to the Heathrow T2B project, said: “Crown Paints knows the process that the paints have been through from raw materials through to transportation and their carbon footprint reporting has really helped us.

“I found the service from Crown Paints to be really helpful and they were very forthcoming with the information.”

Debbie Orr, marketing manager at Crown Paints, said: “We offer bespoke specifications for our range of Timonox systems and products because we understand that projects such as T2B, which will cater for millions of passengers a year, have a range of requirements the products must fulfil.

“We are delighted our carbon footprint reporting, as part of our commitment to sustainability, sets us apart from the competition and contributed to this world-leading project.”

Crown Trade Timonox provides flame retardant properties and can maintain the fire rating of the construction with subsequent applications.

Ms Orr said: “Applied to the walls and ceilings of corridors, stairwells and other communal areas that form part of a circulation area or fire escape route in public buildings, Timonox can help provide additional time for a building to be safely evacuated.

“All paints contain material that can burn, but Crown Trade Timonox products are specially formulated to slow down this process. This means they can buy precious extra time for evacuation, with the potential to save lives.”