Flame Retardants are essential for the safety of many products around us

PIN FRs ensure that electronics stay safe

Most fire deaths are from smoke toxicity, which is reduced by PIN FRs

Fires today grow nearly ten times faster than 40 years ago

PIN FRs can ensure fire safety of natural and recycled insulation products

Certain PIN flame retardants were found preferable by 3rd party research projects and institutions, such as ENFIRO, US EPA, Green Screen

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22/05/2018

Fire safety treatment of wood

Laia Haurie, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, presented tests of resin-impregnation of wood, with the objective of developing flame retarded wood-plastic composites. Two phosphorous flame retard...

22/05/2018

Ecological flame retardant textiles and composites

Marc Vanhoomissen, Veramitex SA, Belgium, presented the LIFE-FARBioTY project: Fire and Ageing Resistance Biocomposite for Transportation industry (see pinfa Newsletter n°83). This project aims to de...

22/05/2018

Lignin and tannin as flame retardants

Fouad Laoutid, Materia Nova, Belgium, presented tests of several bio-based FRs in PLA (poly lactic acid). Lignin grafted ammonium phosphate groups enabled to achieve V0 (3mm) but lignin poses challeng...

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Fire Resistance in Plastics (AMI)

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30/04/2018 - 01/05/2018 San Jose, California USA

Pinfa North America workshop on electrical and electronic device fire safety

07/05/2018 - 11/05/2018 Orlando, USA

NPE2018 (National Plastics Exposition), with pinfa-na exhibition

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