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Products & Services See Kang Nursing Home at Singapore. ACOTEC® world-class green wall panels Structural components tailored to IBS ACOTEC® wall panels are cost saving, labour efficient and lighter than conventional masonry wall. FOR ACOTEC SDN BHD, going ‘green’ is a deep-rooted philosophy that is at the heart of its business strategy. Since its inception in the mid-1990s, the company has been a leading proponent of environmental sustainability with its world-class wall panels, quality innovative ‘green’ products that facilitate the process of construction under Industrialised Building System (IBS). Taiping Factory. 6 Building 38 Building&&Investment Investment| |www.b-i.biz www.b-i.biz Green Features For starters, ACOTEC® wall panels are made of eco-friendly material (as acknowledged by Green Label Singapore) that are recyclable. Also, a typical ACOTEC® wall panel of 3,000 mm (Length) × 600 mm (Width) and 100 mm (Thickness) is equivalent to 112 pieces of bricks which translates to (i) a reduced wall weight by approximately 45% (bricks) and 3.0 m² (blocks) requiring only two workers. Further, a standard ACOTEC® wall