The European Coatings webforum showed how PIN FRs enable safe use in buildings of the renewable material, wood. The webinar, hosted by Katrin Vogt, European Coatings Journal, brought together nearly forty participants from leading companies across Europe
Sebastian Moschel, Budenheim (pinfa member), underlined that use of wood in construction is growing at 3.2% per year, and is desirable both for environmental reasons (carbon sequestration) and for aesthetic qualities. PIN FR intumescent coatings can provide fire...
Markus Wöhr, Sika Deutschland (soon to be a member of the Sherwin Williams group), explained that FR intumescent coatings combine a blowing agent, carbon source, catalyst, and a binder, and so generate a protective carbon char foam in case of fire. They can be...
Fraunhofer WKI and DTNW Germany launch research into PIN FR intumescent coatings as safer alternative PIN FRs for wood surfaces in building construction. Wood is increasingly used, as a natural and sustainable construction material for buildings and because...
Dirk Long, EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute), shared the ESA (Energy Storage Association) target of 100 GW of battery storage in the US electrical grid by 2030, to support grid resilience and roll-out of renewable production (PV, wind) and emphasised that...
